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Setting Priorities: Good Is the Enemy of the Best 4

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Written by Annie on 28th Feb -10

What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.

-Alexandra Stoddard


Value Judgments

“Every Yes I say to something out, about, away,” a wise woman once told me, “is a No I have to say to my family.”

She didn’t mean that you shouldn’t ever say Yes to anybody but family.

She didn’t mean that it’s wrong to ever say No to your husband.

She meant that you need to see the true cost of each choice you make. If it’s worth it, great. But if it’s not? Let it go on by. Life is too short to waste. continue reading…

Marriage Killer: Resentment Comments Off

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Written by Annie on 27th Feb -10

Sometimes you just got to let it go.

Short End of the Shtick

I had a good cry last night and felt immensely better. It’s difficult for me to just cry, let out the excess emotion, and then pick up and go on with good heart: I want to analyze and find a problem that caused the need for the crying. continue reading…

Habits of Romance 1

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Written by Annie on 25th Feb -10

Make time for him.

Find out what romantic means for your husband.

Let him know what romantic means for you.

Be appreciative.

Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

~Mark Twain continue reading…

The Secret to a Happy Family 1

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Written by Annie on 24th Feb -10

If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year…. Today should always be our most wonderful day.

-Thomas Dreier

The Witching Hour

Every day, just before the time my husband is going to get home from work, something strange happens in my home. The kids have just had a long nap and a snack, but they get inexplicably whiny. The house looks dirty all of a sudden. The pile of laundry on the bed increases fourfold. The plans I had for dinner seem inadequate, and my feet hurt, my back hurts, my head hurts, and what-I-wouldn’t-give for a little peace and quiet…

Welcome home, honey.

I’m embarrassed at the times Joe’s walked in the door to that atmosphere. It seems like on those days, when I’ve “just had it” and all I need is a little relief, he’s just had it at work too.

I’m drained; he’s drained. All I want is to sit down; all he needs is a little rest. My day was constantly busy, but seems unproductive now; his, too. The kids are clamoring for our attention, and when Joe and I meet eyes it’s with a mutual question of “How soon can bedtime come?”

Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?

I blame it on the undone items, usually. If I hadn’t had so much to do, if I’d gotten a bit more done, if the continue reading…

Respect That Roars Comments Off

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Written by Annie on 23rd Feb -10

A stifled personality does not a happy marriage make.


Walking the Tight Rope

When you start writing about marriage from a Biblically based perspective, you can’t avoid using words like “reverence” and even “submission.” Horrors. And though you try to give advice that stays true to Biblical principles while still making sense in our culture, it’s difficult. There will be some who say you’re too conservative, a fanatic, a freak, out of touch. Others will say you’re shallow, affected by the culture, misinterpreting what the Bible says.

Everybody’s Right, Everybody’s Wrong

There is danger in any sort of marriage advice, even when it is based on something good. The danger is that we often take principles and turn them into methods. Then we cling to our methods, even when they cease to be helpful. continue reading…

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