I Put My Kids to Bed Early For Their Sake—And Mine
My kids have always gone to bed early. We fell into our routine when they gave up their naps around three and four years old. I started having to put…
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I Hope You Find a Love Like the One Your Daddy and I Share
Coming from a divorced home, I didn’t have the greatest example of what marriage should look like or what to look for in a husband. But after…
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Dear Mother-in-Law, This is What I Desperately Need From You
Dear mother-in-law, You are also a daughter-in-law, am I right? Does that help you at all understand my perspective? …
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True Love is Sacrificial
I came down the stairs with my shoulders slumped and my head lowered. I was tired and done with the day. My husband was preparing to leave, he had an…
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Dear Husband, God Brought You Into Our Lives When We Needed You Most
Dear husband, I know it hasn’t been easy stepping into our lives. So much happened before you came along—so much you don’t understand, so much…
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Dear Husband: To Us, You Are a Superhero
I stand in my kitchen wishing for a superhero to swoop in and save the day. His cape flying behind him as he soars through the air and into my home…
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To the Mama With Low Libido
Once. That’s how many times my husband and I have had sex in the past four months. Between work schedules and shuffling our young children to…
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You Are His Wife, Not His Mom
I told my husband to do something the other day and he looked right at me and said, “I had a mom for 18 years I don’t need another one.”…
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The New Us is Beautiful, Too
I remember us—young, carefree us. Plans were only made for travel and routine was as good as the empty pages of our phone calendar. Sheets would…
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I Know My Husband is the Man God Chose For Me
When I was a little girl, my mom told me to pray for my future husband. I knew what I wanted in a man, so I prayed God would send the right husband…
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