As a former middle-school/high-school athletic director, it became a regular thing to receive emails when a parent was angry that their child was not given the opportunity to be a starter or star of the game. They were disheartened because they wanted to hear their child’s name called for the starting lineup over the loud…
When Ted and I got married, he had a very specific way he liked his T-shirts folded. That would be front side out. The rationale being that he could easily see from the closet shelf which T-shirt he was grabbing. He didn’t need to unfold them in order to figure out if he’d correctly pulled…
During our first few years of marriage, my husband Ted’s favorite late night companion was the website Free Republic. Free what? Free Republic. That would be an online gathering place for the politically conservative to discuss the latest in politics. You see, prior to our union, freeping – as it’s called – was Ted’s go-to,…
One year of marriage is under our, mine and my husband’s, belts, and we have learned A LOT. It is true: there is no marriage book that can prepare a couple for such an intimate institution. The reason being each couple is unique, and knowledge is easier learned than applied (in our experience). However, good…
It was a fairly simple activity. At least, it should have been. Our task? To remember back to the early days of our relationship and share with our church small group the name of “our song” at the time. The message from our pastor that week had been on marriage. So our discussion that evening…
