Marriage

Considering the Impact of Long-Distance Dating

Considering the Positive Impacts of Long Distance Dating

When my husband and I first met we did not live in the same town. In fact, in we didnโ€™t even live in the same state. I lived in Georgia and he lived in New York. We met while I was in New York City attending a design conference. My last night in town, I met up with a college friend. She had a friend, who had a friend . . . ย It was nice meeting him that evening, however, it wasnโ€™t until a few months later that we โ€œgot together.โ€ It started out with a few phone calls here…

A Letter of Grace and Urging to Women Whose Marriages Fell Apart

A Letter of Grace and Urging to Women Whose Marriages Fell Apart

  Dear Sister in Christ, May I be so bold as to share my heart with you from a place of deep love and not from a position of knowing what you’ve been through? I am not a single mom. I am not separated nor divorced. I have not walked through the darkness of the night, enduring the heartache that comes when one’s marriage falls apart. Iโ€™ve not experienced the devastation of when a husband succumbs to the temptations of the flesh nor have I struggled with that myself. I’ve not lived through the betrayal of a covenant made before…

Wisdom Worthy: On Becoming a Mother-in-Law

Iโ€™ve had a few years to think about and prepare for becoming a mother-in-law but becoming โ€œthe old Mrs. Averetteโ€ is happening a little sooner that I thought it would, honestly. Yesterday he loved Star Wars, that old dog, and well . . . me. And then he met Molly. A Love Found I still remember how he first described her. โ€œMom, sheโ€™s a lot like you.โ€ Silently I wait as he explains what he means. Thankfully, his description is nothing like the image in my mind of my 17 year old self.ย  I am touched that he knows my…

Encountering God in the Everyday

A Letter to my Younger Self

Earlier this summer, while visiting family in the Midwest, I decided it was time. For the past twenty-three years, my wedding dress has been carefully persevered in a sealed box, neatly stuffed with tissue paper and form-shaping pieces of cardboard. During my familyโ€™s years of moving for graduate school, my parents agreed to store โ€œthe dressโ€ in their attic. Somewhat on a whim, I decided it was time to open the box and show my dress to my teenage daughter. What ensued was an evening of dress-up. Anna put on my momโ€™s wedding dressโ€”almost fifty years oldโ€”and I put on…

What should you look for in a guy?

What qualities should I look for in a guy I want to date or marry?

Iโ€™ve never met a person who didnโ€™t want to find someone to love and be loved by. Romantic love is precious, a prize to be cherished. Think over the many fairy tales circulating in our literature. Isn’t finding โ€œtrue loveโ€ one of the common themes? So, with all this love in the air, shouldn’t finding it for ourselves be simple? Maybe, but it wasnโ€™t for me. Looking for love (in the wrong places?) When I was a younger woman, I knew I wanted to find love, but wasnโ€™t sure what to look for in a guy. I thought love was…

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