Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 As of this month, Mikey B and I have been a couple for 20 years. (Yes, that’s 2-0!). We were infants when we began dating (just kidding). If you’re not familiar with our story, here’s the…
Read MoreStarry-eyed and lovestruck. Yep, we were that couple. One of the millions who got married in 2005 pledging to love for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health. Yet just like every single one of the couples who married in 2005, 15 years later we’ve learned a lot about surviving marriage. The poor and…
Read MoreBehind every survivor is a caregiver. Sometimes this looks like doctors and nurses. Other times, it’s family and friends. I have an entourage of caregivers in my life. But if you asked each one of them who makes my world go round, there’s one answer: Mike. As I’ve been writing my memoir, Mom, Dad and…
Read MoreSeveral years ago, before our loft was littered with Barbie houses and LOL dolls, Mike and I decided to paint over the dark, aqua-green walls we inherited upon the house sale. A mixture of wanting to put our own personal, newlywed touches on our house and covering up a color neither one of us preferred,…
Read MoreI seriously feared Mae would be a teenager who didn’t know how to use a spoon or straw. Instead of being teased over acne or the uniqueness of her name – I thought my child would be the one sitting in the middle of the lunch room unable to sip on soup or scoop up…
Read MoreMy husband Mike is an avid podcast listener. Most often if you catch him in the grocery store (yes, he shops for our groceries, I know he’s great) he’s got earbuds in as he rolls down the aisles. Over the past week, he’s been talking a lot about The Liturgists podcast episode that covered the “enneagram”…
Read MoreYee Haw! We’re back from Austin, Texas ya’ll! Here’s the scoop on our Austin Getaway. I initially planned to visit Austin because of work. The hubs and I celebrate wedding anniversary #12 in a few weeks so he came with me for an early anniversary getaway. Last year we put most of our vacation…
Read MoreGod gave me Mike as a freshman in high school. We met through our friend Erin. She told me he wore a green “Fully Rely on God” bracelet and that I’d like him. She knew we were both Christians. She was right. I did like him. Well, I mean, I thought he was cool. We…
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