The older I get, the more I learn about myself and how I react to things. I know I’m on the slippery slope to a bad place when I start keeping score. My husband says “wow, I’m tired” and I start calculating the number of times I got up during the night with the baby
Tag: marriage
Wow. OK. I really just put that out there. It’s true. My husband and I don’t sleep in the same room. We’ve been married for almost 6 years now but just about a year ago decided that it would be best for us to sleep apart. My hubz snores, really loudly. He tried everything over
I am every mother. I am a mother of one, two, or three, or more. I am a mother of multiples. I am a new mother. I am a pregnant mother. I am a working mother or a stay at-home mother. I am inspired by all the moms I see on a daily basis. I
Divorce. It’s just way too common. My marriage is not perfect (there is no such thing) but on our wedding day, we made a commitment to each other that we would remain a team through good times and bad. I’ve heard the phrase, “Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.” When you live
Something I was reading the other day made reference to this article discussing a Norwegian study finding a higher divorce rate among married couples who shared housework, when compared to couples with clearly delineated traditional gender roles. In other words, the implication is that when the woman does everything around the house, and the man
Last week, my husband went away on his first week-long business trip without us. This was the longest we have been apart since the birth of our daughter two and a half years ago and the first time I had to manage being a working parent on my own. I was very nervous about
My husband recently started seeing a woman named Darci. She has been giving him the kind of support and discipline I simply cannot provide. They have regularly scheduled phone calls that usually last an hour and she makes him keep a journal that only she is allowed to read. I’m starting to see a change
In no particular order… <drum roll please> There are absolutely NOT enough hours in the day to get everything you need done. I now understand they saying “A mother’s work is never done!” What works for some, might not work for others. Remember this if you find yourself giving/receiving advice. Truly forgiving someone for
