Three Ways to Give… When You Really Can’t
If she looked like she needed something, I might have stopped. But there was a hardness in her eyes that said, "Don't touch me, don't come near me." So I didn't. She sat on the bench clutching that bag, challenging the world with her expression. I saw another one...
21 & Married: 5 Reasons to Support Young Couples
I don't believe in standing against, but in standing for. This is why I typically refrain from writing posts refuting other bloggers' opinions; both for this reason and because the blogosphere is a typhoon of free speech; a buffet of opinions from which readers will...
Five Friends Every Woman Needs
"Next week: Pride and Prejudice night!" My roommate announced from the living room last week. I was more than on board with this idea. Every Friday night is 'theme night' - Western night, Baseball night, Christmas night - complete with circumstantially correct food,...
Sacred Sacrifice: Bringing Christmas Alive Every Year
"Merry Christmas - your last one unmarried!" My friend smiled and said goodbye. I stood there a moment, surprised by what he said, letting it sink in. My last Christmas unmarried! In forty days, I will be the wife of Josh. Twenty-three Christmases have passed by:...
The Muse and the Moor [Engagement]
I was so excited I bounced in my seat. "I love them! I love them ALL!" Just this morning we had our engagement photo shoot with Jessi over at White Daisy Studios. This morning she did the shoot, this afternoon the edits, and this evening handed me a flash drive with...
God’s Gifts Put Dreams to Shame [Proposal]
He blew in the door forty minutes late, shirt untucked, with a rumpled paper Olive Garden bag in one hand. This is the man who is always five minutes early - the man who anxiously jingles the keys by the door before church so we leave on time. And here he was, forty...
Are You My Future Husband?
I stumbled through the door of the gym at 4:30 AM, frizzy hair jerked back in a stripey highlighted bun, no makeup, and barely awake. I smiled wanly at the desk attendant, rattling off my ID number - "13447." - like a sleepwalker. He looked different than the usual...
Sometimes the Step Is ‘Stay’
Let me start this by saying my blog posts are designed to be transparent. But today I want to tell a story that fills in the details left out of many blog posts from the last nine months.
Josh started job searching last December as he was approaching the last semester of his studies in computer engineering. As we moved into the final semester, I began assisting with the search, looking up jobs, filling out applications, and editing resumes and cover letters. Josh put much effort into the search while also balancing senior projects in one of the hardest programs Liberty University offers (fun fact: the program requires the highest level of ability in math above all other programs. I can barely add 6 and 7. We’re a good match).
Josh: God Never Fails Us
A month ago I featured devotion notes Mr. M sent me (God Will Fight For Us) since they encouraged me so much. Today features his commentary on a chapter of 2 Chronicles, sent to me via email after his devotions. 2 Chronicles 20 "After this, the Moabites and Ammonites...
Josh: God Will Fight For Us
I've been on Mr. M's case for a while now to write a 'feature' for my blog. I've told him he's an good writer, and his technical writing professor affirmed that by giving him in A in that class! I received an email today from Mr. M detailing his devotions from earlier...
In Light of His Glory
There's this funny little children's song my siblings and I listened to over and over again growing up. Right now it's echoing in my mind as I type: When I am afraid I will trust in You, I will trust in You, I will trust in You; When I am afraid I will trust in You,...