Expectations are stern taskmasters, aren’t they? Demanding we dream big if we want to be happy and then dragging us down when things don't work out. In marriage, expectations require special days and special gifts and ramped-up hopes of spending romantic time with your husband, but 93.7% of the ...
Wisdom for the Planner-Loving Woman
I’m a planner. A woman who simply loves to schedule things. A woman who needs to know ahead of time what she’s doing on any given day and with confidence jots down the best way to go about it. I love the usefulness of planning ahead and the control I feel when I fill in the monthly squares and ...
God Holds Your Hand Through Every Loss
As young women, many of us are still working through negative thoughts about our bodies, misunderstandings about God and His will, and have dewy-eyed expectations for our lives. We’re not prepared for loss and when it comes, even many years later, we’re left reeling. Several years ago, ...
What Precious Gold a Wife Can Gain When She Lays Her Silver Down
Ah, time. As women, there is a myriad of things we do each day to keep our homes running smoothly and our families fed, clean, and content. It takes a huge amount of time. But this care of husbands and children is what gives us the most joy and purpose in life. But what woman doesn't crave ...
Merry-Go-Round of Discontent
Have you ever noticed when you get a new piece of furniture how it brings out the shabbiness in everything else? Instead of thankfulness for the new thing, there are wishes for more newer, nicer things to go with the recently acquired new thing. And on and on we go, a merry-go-round of ...