Love + Marriage

Since the beginning of our marriage, I've been making this pizza dough. Way back then when we were two adorable married college students who had no clue what was in store for our lives and honestly couldn't afford to...

After my daughter was born, I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to continue breastfeeding exclusively once I returned to work. I had no idea if pumping throughout my work day was going to be successful. In an...

I waited a long time to have kids. My husband and I had our 11th anniversary a few months before our son was born. We were an aunt and uncle several times over and just about the last of our...

Here is a little story. We had just moved overseas and were welcomed by the most incredible group of people. I was so excited! We were still in a temporary apartment off-base waiting for our house to be inspected...

  I never buy anything at full retail price. Seriously, never. Why? Well, it’s a habit I developed in part due to my upbringing, but it’s also because I simply don’t have to pay full price and neither do you!...

Let me start with two simple disclaimers. I'm not endorsing or advocating this book series or its contents in any way. I'm not suggesting you read it. I'm not suggesting that this book series serves as a valid...

I met one of my new neighbors while out for a walk one morning. Well into her nineties, she was out working in her garden. I introduced myself and told her how much I admired her beautiful flowers, particularly...

I've been with my husband for 16 years now. This spans his entire Air Force career, plus a year. In that time I've seen him off on five deployments and one yearlong remote tour to Korea. Six times. Six...

Marriage can be challenging, especially after having kids or while living the military lifestyle. While some couples are fortunate enough to have friends and family nearby to take the kids for the occasional date night, others are not so lucky....

Today, my best friend came to me with all kinds of wonderful ideas about helping out in our community and things my family could get involved in together. Intentions were awesome, and his heart was in an extraordinary place....

  So, there I was, driving through backwoods Oklahoma on my way home from singing at a veteran's dinner, my two babes snoozing soundly in the backseat. I knew there was a high risk of severe weather that evening. However,...

My husband was in Afghanistan when we found out we had the opportunity to be stationed in Israel together. Instead of reporting at a regular military base, we would be signing in at an embassy. The same day he...