Yesterday was our first Valentine’s Day together as a married couple. We didn’t go all-out-crazy for the holiday, but we did celebrate with some small gifts, yummy cookies, and a lovely dinner out throughout the weekend. Today, I’ll share a recap of our celebration…mostly so that I can remember this first married Valentine’s Day in the [Continue Reading…]
Why We Sweat The Small Stuff In Our Marriage
My least favorite part about being married is apologizing all the time. It’s the worst. I’ll say something ugly or harsh, I’ll do something selfish, I’ll act withdrawn and cold. And then I’ll move on and God will catch my breath and tell me firmly, you need to say you’re sorry for that. Without a spoken word, [Continue Reading…]
6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap
This is part two to the post 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding Our Rhythm as a Couple. View all of our wedding and marriage posts here. As of last Sunday, we’ve been married for half a year. This is one of those times where it feels like we’ve been married for both 10 years and [Continue Reading…]
Our 8 Married Life Must-Haves
We’ve been married just five months, but it didn’t take much time at all for us to uncover a few things that have become part of our sort-of “secret sauce” in our marriage. These are products, activities, and ideas that allow us to live peacefully together while maintaining emotional and physical intimacy. Some are lighthearted and [Continue Reading…]
Our Wedding Film Is Here!
We received this yesterday from our incredible videographer, Robert Oberg, and we have had it on repeat ever since. I’ve gone through countless boxes of tissues. You can click on the linked image above (it is not a player), or click here to view our film. If you’d like to know more about our wedding, check out this page–it [Continue Reading…]
How We Celebrated Riley’s 30th Birthday
Riley turned the big 3-0 on Sunday! I wrote him a sappy and honest love letter (which I published here on Monday), threw him a Star Wars themed birthday party, and found a restaurant for a just-us celebration in downtown Baltimore. As I’ve said many times, my blog sometimes acts as an online scrapbook for [Continue Reading…]
To My Riley On The Day After Your Birthday
Yesterday, you turned 30 years old. Three decades of life and I’ve known you for just half of one–been with you for only two years. How can that be? How can all this bursting love begin to fit into the past two years? Time is fast. Because last year on your birthday? You got down on [Continue Reading…]
When You’re Mourning a City
This post is a sort-of part 2 to this post. Have you ever moved to a new place and then wanted desperately to freeze time in your old place? Ever looked back on the people who made your life full and the places where you spent your time and the roads you used to take and [Continue Reading…]
Everything That Has Been Hard About Moving
There’s a really hard thing about sharing my life online: people think they know everything about me, everything that’s going on in my life. Yeah, over and over again it’s the same thing, “I read on your blog…” or “I saw on your blog…” followed by an assumption that I “must be so happy” or [Continue Reading…]
Thanksgiving 2015 Recap
This year’s Thanksgiving was a great success! And by great success I mean that we enjoyed Thanksgiving day with Riley’s family and then did nothing on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. We had planned on going out on the town, but the torrential rain we received kept us inside since the roads were dangerously flooded in many places. At first the [Continue Reading…]
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