I was five years old, and I desperately wanted a gerbil. My Mom told me if I could keep my room clean for three months then I could have a furry little pet I so desired. Somehow {and I suspect with lots of help} I kept my room clean, I got my gerbil, and have …
A sweet group of thirty people gathered around Warrior Man and myself, and placed hands upon our shoulders. We bowed our heads, and they started praying. One at a time. Each prayer like a sparkling jewel being strung on a necklace of blessings. Back in May, I had my second wedding shower. It was thrown …
For the next few months I will be chronicling this journey through a series of posts every Monday called (drum roll please!)…Adventures of a Newlywed. Challenge #1: figure out how to cook more, eat out less, and just generally be less stressed about the daily demands of feeding ourselves. About a week ago I sat myself …
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Snapping a Picture Every Day for a Year This second week of the photography challenge went by crazy fast! I don’t know about my fellow photographers, Amalia, Mom, or Sarah, but I had a bit of a difficulty daily snapping a picture this week! Whew! However, with the help of my phone, I was still able …
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Warrior Man proposed a year ago yesterday. He had secretly procured a sparkly diamond ring, and he took me up a mountain trail, and popped the question. Mere minutes after becoming a fiancée I informed him he would have to take me to Italy for our honeymoon. Why? Because, first of all, I had never been …
So much of life is made up of the murky in-between. Those moments when we are forced to wait, like children in front of an ice cream truck on a warm summer day, our eyes filled with pleasures that are just beyond reach. A lot has passed since I blogged on this sweet little corner …
I kept a somewhat strained angelic smile on my face as I listened to the woman tell me all the ways my relationship might fail. She flippantly chattered on about a friend of hers who had married a man from the same culture mine comes from, how terribly hard it was to meld cultures, how difficult …
Last week as I scrolled through facebook one sentence jumped off the screen, and hit me in the face with the force of a semi truck. And since I absorbed those few words strung together I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. It was some relationship advice someone posted
A few weeks ago I wrote I Give You Permission to Brag About Your Man on a whim. I wanted to dedicate a post to the fella who has encouraged me daily for the past two years. When I first decided to make it a linkup I had no idea how many ladies would jump …
Hey friends! I am really excited today because in this post, I am challenging you to find ten things that you love about your man, write a blog post, and link to your post in the comments below, and I will choose my favorite to highlight next week! Check out my list at the end …
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