Bounce is funny. When catastrophes occur, I seem to bounce back fairly well. It’s clear to me that God will get me through anything. But those little annoyances, the disturbing interruptions that plague my day like buzzing mosquitos … they’re not so easy for me to plough through.
Parenting changed me in ways I never expected. I pictured my children being molded into wonderful humans as they grew up. That did happen, but my surprise was how God transformed me in the process.
A marriage mission statement was in order. We were new Christians, already launched into parenting teens while navigating what it meant to have a relationship with Jesus. Our simple statement became our compass during those pivotal years.
Today we are celebrating God’s blessing in our marriage. April 22nd marks one year since the day Bruce returned home from 30 days in intensive care during the first Covid-19 surge in Michigan. God’s been busy, and so have we…
This month we said goodbye to a True-Blue Gentleman, my ninety-two year old father-in-law Bob, who became my second dad 44 years ago. I only knew my birth father for 40 years before I had to say goodbye to him. On my wedding day as I walked down the aisle with Bruce I had no …
There have been times in my marriage when I could see us like this prickly pair. Getting close to one another can sometimes feel like hugging a hedgehog. That’s when it’s time to get on your knees and start praying for your marriage.
What would it be like to be married to Moses from the Bible? Moses had a meticulous but moody personality. Was that a challenge to Mrs. Moses? Are you married to someone like Moses?
It was an interesting time in our household. Bruce had just returned home after surviving a craniotomy for a massive subdural hematoma in the midst of the Covid-19 surge. Every time a disaster comes to us through no choice of our own, we want it to count for something, something good. So we thought inviting …
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