His hobby…and my hobby My husband has a hobby. Actually, he has two. He loves hunting and ham radio. He learns about each of them, watches YouTube videos about them, attends conferences, and generally spends his free time learning to be better at these things. I like to sew and …
Imagine this: Janet spends all day at school terrified about talking with other kids. She just knows they will hate her. Her preoccupation with (potentially) being disliked makes her withdraw and avoid other classmates…even ones who would genuinely like her. None of us would want this for our kids. Yet …
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“I’ll take out that trash for you,” my husband says as he walks through the kitchen. I am already pulling the bag from the can. “My hero,” I think. Other days my husband carries in the groceries from my car. Or he fixes the fences around the farm. Some days …
🎵 “I know something you don’t know!” 🎶 sings one child to another, taunting the other to beg for the information. We learn at an early age that knowledge is powerful. When we know something, we can hold it over someone else. What is knowledge? Knowledge is any information we …
I love lunch dates. As someone who enjoys saving money, spending time with my spouse, and working through logistics, the lunch date is a WIN, even in the rain! 🥇 The photo below was taking right after a rain storm. We ate in the car while it rained, then snuck …
It’s a fact. We bug our spouse. They do it to us – we do it to them. I saw a post on Instagram from @ChristineCaine that highlighted this point well. She said her husband loved all the nice things she posts about him but thought it would be fun …
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“No.” That was my answer. I just got home from a long week helping my mom while she was in the hospital following an emergency. The two-day drive home was exhausting. I had less than one hour before turning around to get our son from wrestling, and take him to …
MISUNDERSTANDINGS I hate it when misunderstandings happen. It’s so frustrating! I know we all want to communicate successfully. Often, however, the end result is not as satisfying as we’d like when we are plagued by miscommunication. Even when we try our hardest, it seems there are lots of times that …
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Start with Kindness My youngest son’s primary school focuses on kindness and while he gets sick of hearing about it, it’s an important message. Mean people are everywhere but… Kindness means saying hello, holding a door for someone whose hands are full (or even if they aren’t), saying please and …
The basics “Finding the Hero in your Husband” by Dr. Juli Slattery is a agreat book that offers insightful guidance about marriage. In this book, Dr. Slattery explores marriage and provides valuable advice on how to see the hero within your husband. Through her expertise as a clinical psychologist and …
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