Why I’m Not Thankful For Everything

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The few weeks before Thanksgiving had me in a spirit of unthanksgiving of the greatest magnitude I’ve felt in quite awhile. To my husband, I’m a sort of Pollyanna and when I’m struggling to give thanks, it gets ugly. Not ugly like it used to, but nevertheless there’s not a lot of “how yooouuu doin?” like Joey from Friends if that makes sense to you. I’m not light-hearted when I’m in pain, I’m not funny when I’m hurting and my usually optimistic perspective starts clouding over like fogged up glass and I start speaking words of defeat and rejection. Continue reading “Why I’m Not Thankful For Everything”

How Sweater Vests Make Dates And Getaways Weird

 

I’m so thankful that my parents gave us an incredible example of the importance of dating and couples getaways, especially after being married. As kids, we looked forward to the excitement of the mystery drop off location, usually at my grandma’s house but sometimes aunts and uncles or random friends of the family.

During our last trip to Wellsboro, as we chatted about flashbacks of memories of the last 18 years of about 1,800 dates and annually planned getaways to celebrate anniversaries, I realized I was having more fun with my husband then I’d ever had. I’m talking ever….as in before we were married fun with my best friend that is trumping our dating days!

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When His Yoke Is Difficult And His Burden Is Heavy

Why does doing the right thing seemingly collide with doing the hard thing? What is it about those days when you’ve given every sweat drop from your too-large pores in self-sacrifice and exhausted all emotional energy and made choices that would’ve made your pastor proud DOING it all right and you still come up empty?! Continue reading “When His Yoke Is Difficult And His Burden Is Heavy”