We just celebrated our 30th anniversary. Today that is an amazing accomplishment. In my parents day it was a normal part of life. Marriage commitments were forever. Growing up I didn’t have one friend from a single parent home, although one of my best friend’s parents separated the day she graduated. But that was rare,…
This is a quote from my review of My Beloved and My Friend :
“Hal and Melanie have a way of writing that makes you feel as though you are sitting down and having a conversation with them. What they write is solid. What they write is Biblical. What they write actually works and is doable."
You will have…
My Beloved and My Friend – How To Be Married To Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses
By Hal and Melanie Young – authors of Raising Real Men
Hal and Melanie have a way of writing that makes you feel as though you are sitting down and having a conversation with them.
What they write is…
What woman doesn't want to live well? Way too often we are faced with our own shortcomings and failures that cause us to want to give up.
I have a solution. Grab this book and your favorite beverage and you’ll be set for an afternoon or evening of encouraging reading.
But don’t think this is just a…
Fourteen! The waitress thought she was fourteen and actually asked us if she was allowed to drink coffee! This wasn't the first time one of our 20+ year old daughters was mistaken for a young teen instead of a young adult woman.
All of us “older” women know they will appreciate this in the years…
Companionable Silence – those were the words that popped into my mind when I saw our slippers. Since it isn't where either of us usually leaves them, seeing them there caused me to stop and look at them before putting them away.
It reminded me of something Dan and I discussed early in our marriage…
This is the wall beside our bathroom door.
©Write the Vision
It’s the first thing I see every morning.
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,…