A realistic and poignant take on love by Mark Gungor of “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage” “I just don’t feel what I used to feel for you.”“I love you, but I’m not in love with you anymore.”“I believe I’ve found my soul mate…and it isn’t you.”Or as the Righteous Brothers sang, “You’ve lost…
Read MoreI am caught up. Caught up in my pregnancy. Caught up in my worries, my fears, my anxieties, my hopes and dreams, my symptoms, my back pain, cellulite and spider veins. I mull over my hurt feelings, my emotions, my relationships, the changes happening to me. The common thread in all of this is me.…
Read MoreIn pregnancy a lot of things go missing. You lose your toes, you lose your eyesight. Your hipbones and cheekbones turn up missing all of the sudden. Sleeping , because now is when you need it, is a joke. Your waist disappears and you say a long goodbye to all of those cute clothes you…
Read MoreTen months ago I didn’t cook. I could muster up a chicken breast and some plain brown rice but that was the extent of my cooking repertoire. As irony would have it, I actually had a kitchen shower as one of my bridal showers and I got all sorts of neat looking gadgets and big…
Read MoreIts time to be transparent. Its time for me to admit to my private struggles in order for Gods works in my life to truly shine. I have a theory that as we keep our battles, hurts, and fears private it tends to dampen how others see our God at work. Of course we praise…
Read MoreTurns out, in the Benson home man’s best friend is actually the woman’s right hand man. Last night Daren and I began a…discussion. This discussion may have involved raised voices and then a lot a tense silence that continued on into this morning. As the two of us stood in the kitchen this morning eating…
Read MoreFavorite Christmas Presents 2008
Read MoreInitially I made the bad decision to not wear a hat… I love being downtown in the snow. Everything is all lit up like a Christmastree. Eventually I found my hat.
Read MoreDREAM CHRISTMAS TREE DAY Daren and I wake to a crisp clear day. We talk animatedly about our up coming adventure over a morning up of coffee before we load up the dogs in the truck and head out in search of this years perfect tree. After a nice 45 minute drive with Christmas music…
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