For the Wife Whose Husband Works Most of the Week - your marriage does not have to be on hold in this season! You can have a thriving marriage, even though it is difficult. Even when your husband is away most of the week. Just because your marriage looks different than what you thought or what instagram says it should look like, doesn't mean that you and your husband can't grow closer and thrive in this season. Catch up on the rest of this series here: Part 1: Letter (You're not alone!) Part 2: Rhythms Part 3: Priorities (Specific to mamas!) … [Read more...]
To the Woman Whose Husband is Gone All Week
To the Woman Whose Husband is Gone All Week - you don't have to live in survival mode! Cultivate healthy rhythms to help you cope and move you from surviving to thriving. Read Part 1: A Letter to the Wife Whose Husband Works Long Hours here. My husband and I were talking the other day about how the majority of our relationship has been long distance, including our marriage. We never thought it would be this way, but this seems to be the season we are in. I've been angry, confused, bitter, annoyed, codependent, too independent, and pretty much every other thing you can think of. … [Read more...]
A Letter to the Wife Whose Husband Works Long Hours
Dear wife whose husband works long hours, Maybe you've been at this awhile. Maybe your husband just started a different shift. Maybe you have kids or maybe it's just you and the dog. No matter what your circumstances, let's just agree that right now it's difficult. Painful, maybe. He leaves Monday morning and it's hard not to press fast forward on life until Friday night. He calls around dinner and your heart sinks, knowing he won't be home again. He gets home and just wants to sit in silence or go to bed, and you just want to download everything you experienced in his … [Read more...]
4 Questions to Ask for a More Purposeful Marriage
Purposeful living is something the Lord has been teaching me a lot about lately. When my father died, I was convicted even more of the importance of living with intention. We aren't promised tomorrow and each day with our loved ones truly is a gift. I think that before my dad got sick, I would have said that with a little sass - like yeah, yeah each day is a gift. But I don't want to take it for granted anymore! God has been shifting my focus toward living on purpose, with intention, doing the things that really matter while I'm here on this earth! God calls His people to live abundant … [Read more...]
Marriage Journey: 4 Lessons from 4 Years Together
If we were sitting down over coffee talking about relationships, I'd share these things I'm learning on my marriage journey with you. I'm no expert, in fact sometimes I feel so massively unqualified to even write about marriage. But God keeps reminding me that marriage is something that requires constant cultivating, and that mistakes are part of growth. We've crammed a lot of life into our short time as a married couple - a baby, job loss, illness, the death of my father, daily joys and trials. So many blessings and major life changes, all rolled into four short years. I spent some … [Read more...]
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