This is Why the Farmer is Tired
Farmers may just be the hardest working people you will ever meet. They are the hardest working people I know. They get tired and they are tired, but…
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Love in This Time of Chaos
Today, my husband and I woke up in the dark, much before sunrise. It was early morning, the sound from the baby monitor loud and clear for waking…
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Your Husband Can’t Be Your Savior
Ladies, he isn’t Jesus. Your boyfriend, your fiancé, your husband . . . he isn’t Jesus. Not even close. Yet, it’s so easy to put the…
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Dear Husband, You Love Us So Well
From the moment I awoke to see you holding our tiny bundle in your arms, I have watched you. The special care you give us—your favorite girls—it…
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Dear Husband, It’s All in Your Eyes
We were babysitting our youngest grandson, Adler, for an afternoon while our daughter Becca made some sales calls. Three-year-old Adler was napping…
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Even Fairytales Take Work
Fairytales take work. The storybooks don’t tell us that part, do they? They lead us to believe fairytales just happen—that eyes lock across a…
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Squeeze the Oranges You Have
My husband worries when I start to drink a glass of wine. Not at all because I have a problem. But because one glass often leads to a partial glass…
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I Was a Blemished Bride
I was a blemished bride. White was not reserved for me. I was not pure. I did not wait. I felt unworthy. Unworthy of a man who had chosen to wait.…
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You’re Strong Enough For What’s Ahead
Dear 10-years-ago me, I’m not sure you’d know who I am if you saw me in the store today. Although we’d probably not be shopping on the…
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We Love Having a Big Family
This was an actual conversation my husband had recently with someone: Friend: “So, are you miserable yet?” Husband: “What are you talking…
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