Husbands

  • Happy 30th Birthday, Chris!

    / July 8, 2013 / 15 Comments

    Dear Pookey, Welcome to your 30’s!  I can’t believe that we have actually been together for half our lives now.  In some ways that feels impossible.  I still get butterflies when you kiss…

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  • Confessions About Fighting

    / July 2, 2013 / 22 Comments

    I’m sure every marriage is different in their fighting style. Sometimes I hear girlfriend’s talk about fights they have had with their husbands, and I think, “Holy cow, that can’t be healthy!” But…

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  • 8 Years, 38 Reasons

    / June 4, 2013 / 38 Comments

    38 Reasons I love my husband… 1. Whenever he sees me trying to take the trash out, he stops and takes it from me so I don’t have to carry it outside. 2. He cleans my…

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  • Bringing Your Work Home

    / April 25, 2013 / 6 Comments

    One of the things that came out of the Big Fight of 2013 is the realization that Chris and I had stopped sharing small things about our days with each other. Either because…

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  • Rain or Shine, He’s My Guy

    / April 21, 2013 / 9 Comments

    I have mentioned that we are in the process of tearing down and re-building our back deck.  And when I say “we,” I mean exclusively Chris.  Other than saying, “Man, I hate our…

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  • Rough Patch

    / April 16, 2013 / 29 Comments

    Chris and I are coming out of rough patch that we’ve been battling for a couple months. Those are never any fun to be in, but they are even LESS fun to come…

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  • Nagging vs. Communicating

    / February 26, 2013 / 13 Comments

    Chris and I are coming off the heels of a tough month for our marriage.  We go through these periodically, and I’m hoping that’s fairly normal.  About once a year, there’s a big…

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  • Overrated Fairy Tales

    / January 24, 2013 / 13 Comments

    I wrote the following for something (probably Southern Weddings?) but never published it.  At least, I don’t remember publishing it.  So, I’m not really sure if you’ve already seen this one somewhere.  I…

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  • How to Pick Your Battles

    / January 22, 2013 / 31 Comments

    I realized the other day that it had been a while since Chris and I had a good knock down, drag out fight. Which is saying something because we are smack dab in…

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