Inundated by His Hurt
When we gaze at a lake on a sunny day or at a lazy slow river, it’s easy to forget the overwhelming power that …
Encouragement for the Journey
It’s Only a Season
How you sustain your marriage during a difficult season? Stay connected in ways that work for now without adding to the challenges you will need to recover from later.
Lost—and Found
When you’re lost, sometimes it takes a scenic route to get you home. Being lost in your marriage doesn’t mean you won’t find your way.
Tear Down the Wall
Note: In this post, I will be discussing emotional safety and healing.. If you are being emotionally abused, or if you fear for your physical safety because of physical …
The Wall: Keeping Myself Emotionally Safe
Do you feel emotionally safe with your husband? Have you built a wall right in the middle of the marriage bed in order to protect your heart? Me, too. In this post I share about why I built that wall. Other posts in the series will look at how protective walls can become a prison, how to tear down the wall enough to begin to develop emotional safety, and how the wall can affect your husband’s sense of emotional safety with you.
Are You Sexually Alive?
In one of my earliest posts here, I wrote this: I began to read about the great joy that comes with a good sex …
What Roots Do
Our roots help us hold on to each other, and it’s holding on to each other and God that keeps us holding on.
Guess What Your Guy Needs
I don’t take responsibility for meeting all of Big Guy’s needs, because some things are for him to seek from God, not from me …
I Need You
When you are in need, can you and your husband rely on each other for comfort?
How Growth Looks
The growth we cannot see is just as important as the growth that isn’t yet visible.
Grow Your Sex Life in 2016
Is improving the sexual intimacy in your marriage one of your goals for 2016? I’ve pulled together links to some of my posts to encourage …
Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve is upon us. I’ve been taking a bit of a break from blogging as I tend to various responsibilities in my life. I …
A New Recipe?
How do you respond when your husband asks you for something new?
Is a Sex Hiatus a Good Idea?
If you’re trying to heal the sexual intimacy in your marriage, a brief hiatus from sex might be a step forward. If you’re just trying to avoid sex, though, a break can be harmful.
This Not-So-Fine Funk
I’ve been in a fine funk lately. A year of fairly constant stress caught up with me and been compounded by a challenging bout …