I’m sure that you get this question multiple times a day: “How are you?” It’s often preceded by “Good morning,” or “Hello!” I know I say that to most of my coworkers when I pass them in the hallway. More often than not, you probably receive back a standard response of “Good morning; how are …
marriage
Love, Anyway
On today, our 2nd anniversary, I think it’s appropriate to talk about all the reasons why I love my husband. I love DJ because he loves me anyway. Wait, what?!?! How many times have you said “I love my spouse because…”? Yeah, I’ve said it a lot too. I even participated in the #loveyourspouse challenge …
The Engagement
This is the second post of a series that is walking you through our story. If you missed the first one, you can read it here. Ah, the engagement period… The engagement is a time period that should be filled with excitement and anticipation, but also a lot of serious discussions, premarital counseling, and prayer. DJ …
In the Beginning
This is the beginning of a blog series that walks through how all of this started. So let’s start with In the Beginning… DJ and I met on eharmony. Yep – we met online. Both of us were about to end our subscriptions, but from the beginning, something just felt different about our match. I think DJ …
Are We Living In Sin?
I’ve read some comments to a posting on another blended family FB page recently that really disturbed me. I know, I really shouldn’t read the comments, but I did. The original post was promoting the Blending Families material (and of course I can’t find it now to link it here) that we are using in …
The Perfect Blend…is Not So Perfect
Wait….what?? Then what is this all about? The Perfect Blend was the theme from our wedding. It is what we are striving for, but we are not there…yet. We believe God has given us a vision for our family, and while we make plenty of mistakes that cause us to ask for forgiveness, we are …