Dare 5: A Hot Mess
Several other bloggers and I worked through The Respect Dare. Join me on my journey! Sigh. This is another one that is emotionally draining. …
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A Soft Place to Land
A colleague and I were discussing a student who struggled with significant life challenges. We admired how the student was able to sense the …
Respect Dare 4: Who I Will Become
Several other bloggers and I worked through The Respect Dare. Join me on my journey! I’ve spent much of my life trying to figure out …
Respect Dare 3: Inside My Comfort Zone
Several other bloggers and I worked through The Respect Dare. Join me on my journey! For this one, I was supposed to go through an …
Today’s Peacock
Pride goeth before a fall, and today’s peacock is tomorrow’s feather duster. I was prideful about being a great communicator–until it became clear that I wasn’t as great as I thought I was.
Respect Dare 2: This One Hurt
Several other bloggers and I worked through The Respect Dare. Join me on my journey! Here was today’s assignment: “Today, pray and ask for wisdom …
Respect Dare 1: Already a Challenge
Several other bloggers and I worked through The Respect Dare. Join me on my journey! Day 1 of the Respect Dare. You’d think the first …
Naked and Broken
What happens when you change your perspective? Do you show your own husband as much mercy as the Samaritan showed a naked and broken stranger? Not only is your husband your intimate partner, he is also your neighbor who should have your love and care.
The Greatest of These
What does 1 Corinthians 13 tell us about what it means to love our husbands?
More Important
It is important to extend love and compassion to my husband. So why did I give him my worst for so many years?
Reflections
My first post on this blog was April 2, which makes today the three-month anniversary of The Forgiven Wife. When I began, I decided I …
Southern Grooming
My husband’s medical procedure today required that the doctor make a small incision in his groin in order to access a vein. So they …
In Sickness and in Health
Challenges have a way of narrowing our attention to the heart of what matters–even when it comes to “in sickness and in health.”
Leap of Faith
Recently, a friend expressed his feelings of rejection by a wife who won’t even hold his hand, kiss, or hug him–not to mention make love. …
In a Heartbeat
I’m lying in bed, writing this post on my phone while my husband is in dreamland next to me. I’ve moved! While you can peruse …