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A Journey of Hope
The first in a series introducing The Charis Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of human trafficking of children in Burma and parts of Thailand.
Do you know what makes him happy?
A few months back I had a miscarriage. My husband was amazing. He knew exactly what to do to help me through. When to listen. When to make me laugh when I didn't think it was possible to smile. Right down to the kind of ice cream to buy and how I like my margaritas. [...]
Wedding, is not a Marriage.
When I was a young bride to be I was in the midst of planning a somewhat unconventional wedding. It was what we wanted and what we could afford.
My worried mother followed around in my wake with a constant refrain of, "I just don't want you to be disappointed. I don't want you to have [...]
A sane woman's guide to marriage as well.
This past week I discovered, quite unexpectedly, that if all goes as it normally does I will be meeting my 4th child in November. This was not part of the plan. But we are thrilled. Fortunately I was already reading A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family, by Mary Ostyn, mother of 10. [...]
Be Constructive
The table in the photo is a constant reminder to me of a fight that never happened. It is also a reminder of how many fights don't need to happen.
The story begins in Canada as we prepared to move to California several years ago. The price of crossing a border one way in a moving [...]
The Difference Between Like and Love
My husband and I often say, "I like you" to each other. For us it's often a more complementary thing to hear than "I love you."
Why?
Because we both recognize that love and like are very different things. I can love someone, and show that I do without necessarily needing to like being around them. Love [...]
How to Get Through The Hard Times Together
I asked my husband what he thought I should write about this week and he said, "the value of hardship and difficulty in a marriage." So I sat down to write about that before I realized that that's not quite right. That he perceives the hardship and difficulty we have endured as valuable is more [...]
What We Can Learn From Arranged Marriages
I recently spent an afternoon in a house full of couples whose marriages were arranged. They are all from India. Most marriages in India are still arranged regardless of religion. They all thought it was a much smarter way to find a spouse than the typical western method. They are all happy, or at least [...]
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