Uganda is tattooing James 1:27 on our impressionable, newlywed, together life. I’m constantly squeezing Delmar’s hand and saying, “Can you believe we are here together, in Africa, working at an orphanage?” Sometimes, it is too good to be true. To work overseas at an orphanage was a dream of both of ours since we were [...]
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Uganda is Tattooing Our Hearts
Posted in marriage, mission, orphans, Uganda, tagged becoming one, God's will, tattoo on December 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Wedding Scrapbooking
Posted in celebration, marriage, tagged adoramapix, crafts, scrapbooking, wedding photobooks on August 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
So, brides, here’s a question for you: what kind of photo album do you have of your wedding? Did you do a traditional scrapbook, a digital photo book, a regular photo album, or nothing at all? (There is no right answer, by the way!) How important was it to you to record the memories? Do [...]
Saturday Morning
Posted in marriage on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The gray sky hung low as if to spy on us. A colorful boat careened on the lake; a water skier bounced behind. We watched white birds fly below us as we sat on the big, jutting rock at the cliff. We slowly drank our coffee, ate our egg burritos and enjoyed the quiet morning [...]
Listening
Posted in devotional, love, marriage, respect on July 14, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I hear it all the time now: couples correcting each other in public. The husband is in the middle of a story and the wife nudges him and says, “It was a blue shirt, not a red shirt.” Or the wife is ready to tie up her story with a flourish and the husband dumps [...]
{differences} in us
Posted in marriage, respect on June 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
When Delmar was a little boy, he was on a big farm playing with tractors, cows and dogs. At the same time, I was in the Caribbean playing on a big beach in a little bikini. He went to church since he was born; I never stepped foot in a church until I was fifteen. [...]
Love Comes Softly
Posted in contentment, love, marriage, memoir on May 6, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Our dating days were fun, our engagement sweet, our wedding day beautiful, our honeymoon dreamy: and the first six months a journey of becoming one. I know they say that it keeps getting better, and I do believe them, but at the same time it’s hard to believe. I think my heart can’t contain any [...]
Intentional Living
Posted in celebration, contentment, home, marriage, memoir, mission on March 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »
We got married knowing our first year would be unique. Delmar is part of Camp Andrews, a camp for urban children. It’s busy all year with church groups, kids clubs and events. In the summer, he will be busy leading wilderness trips for urban children. We got married, knowing that living on the “mission field” [...]
married bliss
Posted in love, marriage, Uncategorized on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let The Wind Blow
Posted in love, marriage, wedding preparations on October 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I grew up on this short story. It came back to me this summer and became my inspiration for wedding preparations: A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.” This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the [...]
25 Days
Posted in celebration, contentment, marriage, wedding preparations on October 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As the countdown begins, I’m a bundle of emotions. Joy and pain do run on parallel tracks. In the most joyous season of life, pain of change and separation runs its course. I’m bursting with joy to be married. But, I’m also a little sad. It’s going to be hard to pack my blue room, [...]
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