Tag: husband
Reflections on Nine Years of Marriage
My husband and I celebrated our ninth anniversary this past week. It's not really one people talk about, and ours fell smack dab between...
Impermanent Permanence
Buying the home where, God-willing, you plan to spend the rest of your days. Having the kids who consume and take and fill every...
Something about the Second Child: A Letter to my Husband
Dear Husband,
With our first child, some things were easy. Two to one, the ratio was in our favor. When debating having another child, we...
My Husband Lives Down The Hall
I was planning to move to the guest room. It was a week after our son’s birthday, but this decision had been brewing for...
The Week Without Dad
My husband recently traveled for work. Although this wasn’t the first time he’s traveled for business, it was the first time since having our...
It’s Time to Include More Males in the Online Parenting Conversation
Think about parenting experts you follow on social media. Is it “Big Little Feelings”? Or “Simply on Purpose”? Do you rely on “Scary Mommy”...
Unpopular Opinion: I Go to Bed Angry
“Never go to bed angry,” the old saying goes. I glare at my husband over the top of my laptop. I've just settled in...
In My Next Life I Want to Be the Dad
‘Mooooom! Look what I made for you!!!’ It’s 6:45 in the morning, and I think I just got a paper cut across my face...
I’m Not in Love With My Husband
We met by chance. Long-distance challenged us and we fell in love nonetheless. Then, we got married, bought a house, and had kids. That’s...
Why I Make the Gravy
I don't like Halloween. Every year though, I sew until my fingers bleed and I plan coordinating family costumes. I don't like gravy. I...
National Spouses Day: Two Truths, One Lie and a Reflection on...
High school sweethearts. Love at first sight. The most difficult relationship of my life, parenting aside. Today is National Spouses Day, and in honor...
Organization from a Creative Mind: Celebrating Get Organized Month
Cleaning and organization have never been my strengths. I have always prided myself on being “creative.” Every school assignment, ice-breaker, and the like, I...
The Best Thing He Did…He Left
Twelve years of age is the first year I found myself with a new boy or in strong like with someone. Twelve years old!...
I Can’t Do It All- How I Told My Husband I...
It’s never the big things that push us over the edge. Why is that? It’s always the smallest, most trivial thing- socks next to...