by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
I used to be so polite when my husband and I were first married, “Excuse me, Sweetheart …” and “Please, Dear, would you … .” It was easy for my husband to love me then. But during one recent argument, I wondered when I learned to be so hateful toward my spouse. I...
by Sabrina McDonald | Nov 9, 2021 | Stepfamily, Widowhood and Grief
Our mobile society has made gathering as a family even more important than in the past. It used to be that families lived and died in the same town and saw each other often. But now, with the increase in distance, the prevalence of stepfamilies, and other medical or...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
Everyone was particularly chatty the night my husband and I went to my parents’ house for dinner. The pre-dinner conversation was filled with stories from years gone by. We brought up a bunch of “remember whens,” and we all enjoyed reminiscing and bonding together as...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage, Parenting
I sometimes wonder why I love my camera so much. I have so many pictures in my house I literally don’t know what to do with them all, and yet I keep snapping pictures. One night, after about two years of marriage, my husband, David, and I were looking for some...
by Sabrina McDonald | Oct 1, 2020 | Parenting, Biblical Worldview
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...
