My Husband Asks Why I Cry So Many Nights, But I Just Can’t Tell Him the Truth
It’s beginning again, just like I remember. Tears come uninvited, streaming down my face. My voice rises; my patience with my kids dwindles. It has…
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Hey Tired Moms: Sex Gets Better
I had great sex the other day. The kids were at school and I sent my husband a text to see if he wanted to come home from work for a “lunch…
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To the Wife Fighting For Her Vows
In sickness and in health, To love and to cherish, Til death do us part. There’s so much love in those words, so much hope, and promise. You…
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Seeing the Good in Me When I Can’t
It had been another long day and I was spent. One child cried for a full 12 hours, and despite my attempts, nothing I did pleased him. Tantrums and…
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Dear Husband, I Couldn’t Do the Hard Work of Parenting Without You
To my amazing husband, I remember back when our firstborn entered the world and I spent every day struggling to survive. The days were so long and…
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Dear Husband, I Knew You Loved Me Then
When you pursued me in an honorable way while dating. I knew you loved me then. When you promised me your forever “yes.” I knew you…
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My Husband Dreamed of Boys; God Gave Him Girls
My husband always dreamed he would have boys. He wanted two boys, exactly two and that’s just what he would have. That’s just the way it…
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To the Self-Conscious Wife Afraid to be Seen
It’s not uncommon for the lights to go out on our sex lives when couplehood is suddenly redefined by parenthood. I’m not just referring…
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Dear Husband, The Part of Me That Loves You Will Never Change
I’m not the same anymore. I don’t think I ever will be. That’s what having kids does to you. It changes you . . . and just like in…
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Loving Me Through the Storm of Anxiety
The note stuck out from a crack in my steering wheel, folded just so and placed right where you knew I would find it. I opened it gently, and my eyes…
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