Growing a Healthy Marriage With Natural Family Planning
The Church’s teaching on artificial birth control is, for many, one of the most challenging and least understood teachings of the Catholic Church. Although it would seem that artificial birth…
If Only We Forgave Our Spouses Like We Were Kids
One morning my three year old hadn’t even made it out the room, and already, he was in hysterics. I went in to investigate; turns out his four year old…
Don’t Let This One Thing Destroy Your Marriage
Early on in my marriage, stuff - ya know the kind - hit the fan. We had a six-month-old when I found out I was pregnant again. When those two…
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Amazon Original’s “Cinderella” Falls Flat, Filled with Creepy Men and Selfish Women
The origins of the Cinderella story date back as far as the sixth century, with more notable adaptions attributed to the Grimm Brothers, Disney, and Rodger and Hammerstein gracing audiences…
Don’t Give up the Ship
It was a whole six days after our wedding that my husband and I knew we were going to start trying for a baby. I was cleaning and praying in…
I’ve had three marriages but it’s not what you think
Republished with permission by The Dolly Mama. I've had three marriages so far. [Don't freak out just yet. Read until the end.] The first marriage My first marriage was characterized…
6 Ways to Keep the Passion Alive After Kids
The butterflies in your stomach, the romance, the nights that never end (and not because of children)... when you're in love, the world begins and ends with the two of…
Hallmark Has Married Love All Wrong
You know the Hallmark movies where the guy swoops in and surprises the woman at work with flowers for no reason and takes her in his arms for a romantic…
Becoming a Stepmother
I learned a new acronym today: WOW! Wives of Widowers. Unbeknownst to me, I am part of a clan. We are the WOWs. Since I first began dating my now…
The Longest Year of Marriage
As we near the one year mark of Covid, I can’t help but think of how this has been the longest year of marriage yet. It’s been a different kind…
Why I’m Walking Down the Aisle a Third Time
Next week, I am going to walk down the aisle for the third time. This was never my plan. I thought that I would only do this once. I am…
Postpartum Depression: A Husband’s Perspective
When our first child Grace was born, Abby went through over a year-long struggle with postpartum depression. (For the sake of brevity, let’s use PPD from this point forward.) To say that this was an extremely stressful time for our marriage and entire family would be an understatement.
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