I sat with Mandy as she piled her things into a suitcase. I did everything I could to convince her to give her marriage another chance. Her husband was difficult, this was true, but he wasn’t hopeless. He was willing to admit his problems, get counseling, and work...
My husband and I often go on walks through our neighborhood park. One day, our 9-year-old daughter, Katherine, wanted to tag along. Robbie and I grumbled about the difficulties of our current circumstances, while Katherine gathered “wishes” (dandelion seed pods) and...
As parents and followers of Christ, my husband and I make careful choices about how we observe different holidays. While Halloween is a secular holiday for most in our culture, the same could be said for Christmas and Easter. One may even argue that the secular...
The French writer Colette captured these passionate conflicting thoughts of a new bride: “The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.” She captures...
“I think David should wear a white tuxedo,” my dad insisted. “He is just as pure as Sabrina, so why shouldn’t he dress in white for his wedding day?” With smirking eyes, my spouse-to-be and I attempted to explain to my dad that white suits were cool in the ‘70s...
