“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” (Ephesians 5:31) Today is our Wedding Anniversary! On February 12, 1972 we were united in marriage having entered into a covenant with one another and with God making a formal […]
Marriage
A New Life in a New Year
For those of you who have followed my rather erratic posts about marriage, you know that my husband and I have been struggling through a really difficult time. During this time, I have absolutely believed that God would swoop down and fix it–fix him, fix me. While I can’t speak for my husband, because he […]
Stepping up to the Plate
I know when I first became a blogger on this site, I said that I would talk about the challenges of a marriage that had hit the wall. My purpose was to encourage other women who may be going through the same challenges, and to give them hope. What I have found, however, […]
Choosing to Believe Him
My daughter Christian came home from school yesterday and told me that her friend’s parents recently got divorced. We know the family fairly well because our daughter and their daughter were on the same Little League softball team for a few years. Her friend’s dad and my husband became pretty good friends. Even when the […]
Stinky fish, or violets?
As I said in my first blog for The Christian Woman, I’m going to stick my neck out and talk about the crash of my 20-year-marriage. For those of you just tuning in, there was indeed a crash, but there are survivors. My husband and I are still together, but we are definitely the walking […]
Marriage 101
Greetings! I am thrilled to be a part of the blogging team for The Christian Woman. I’m a 50-year-old wife and mother of two daughters, 13 and 9. I’m one of those trendy women who chose to have children later in life. OK, actually, God shoved me off the proverbial diving board and into […]