Life is a journey, not a destination, but sometimes it feels like we’re stuck in a moment, like Bono from U2 sang. You know the feeling, don’t you? Maybe it’s when you’re facing a challenge with your spouse or dealing with a difficult situation with your kids. It can be tough to keep moving forward …
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Hey there friends. I wanted to share with you an experience Steve and I had last Sunday. This past weekend Steve and I visited a unique church. The church is based on a cell group model. So during the week folks gather in homes for practical living out of their relationship with God and each …
Date your mate regularly… make time for it. This was a weird thought to me when we were first married. Date each other? Why? We are married…lets get on to married life. I quickly learned that married life is full of little things that sweep away focused time on each other. Dating allows for intimate …
Raising kids seems unending but stay connected to each other because you will cross into being an empty nester and you don’t want to be strangers to each other when you get there. I remember when my children started flying out of the nest. I felt like I had so much input into my life, …
What a gorgeous week to be in Tucson! We had mild temperatures and sunshine every day this week. Steve and I made the most of it by getting out and walking, hiking, or bike riding every day. The Loop On Sunday we started the week with a 16 mile bike ride on something called “The …
Forgive quick…life is shorter than you think. We have no guarantees on tomorrow or even today, we only have this moment. Growing up I remember hearing that you shouldn’t let “the sun go down on your wrath.” As a kid I thought ok, I can stew until bedtime and then I have to make sure …
Tucson 3 / Week 5 This week has been a struggle for me. We had several disappointments on the house hunting front last week and I just had to take a step back and regroup. We saw several houses last Sunday afternoon and one of them just popped both for me and Steve. We wanted …
This is an important one and often difficult to understand and accomplish. I’m NOT saying if your spouse is lying, cheating, or abusive to excuse the behavior! Au contraire… if that is happening you need to reach out to a local resource and get support and help. What I AM saying is in day to …
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The week started off quite chilly here in Tucson! We had temps below freezing for 4 nights in a row. On Monday we even saw snowflakes with the high in the low 40’s. By the end of the week the weather had righted itself and we were back in the upper 60’s. This was Steve …
Recently Steve and I celebrated our 30th anniversary together as a married couple. The symbol for 30 years of marriage is a pearl. I feel this is appropriate because pearls are the only gem in the world formed inside living organisms. Marriages should be alive and over time will produce pearls. Also, when put in …