After a long day at work, he walked in through the kitchen door and with urgency came to me as I stood over the stove. He seemed to ignore my busyness and put his arms around me. For a split second, I thought something had changed. Hope welled up inside me, but then in a mocking voice came words that told me I was wrong. “How was your day”, he asked? Before I had a chance to respond he rolled his eyes and walked away. I picked my heart up off the floor and quickly tucked it safely in the back pocket of my jeans like I had done so many times before. Dinner was served and another night of meaningless conversation was etched on the calendar of our marriage. The day before, I went out on a limb and told him we don’t talk anymore. No more sweet conversations about our lives and our Continue Reading
The Best Marriage Advice – Dance
I'm not one to write often about marriage. And I'm certainly not one to give advice. Because I know from experience there is no perfect recipe for a long and happy marriage. Sure, there are the core elements of forgiveness, honor, grace and sacrifice, but how these ebb and flow through each marriage is different. We are different. And sometimes when all the words have been emptied out and the tears have been dried, the best marriage advice is found in the most unusual of places. Not in books or therapy sessions. Not in renewing of vows or marriage retreats. Sometimes the best marriage advice seeps into our hearts one step at a time and one twirl at a time, on the dance floor. Where there are only two roles, the leader and the follower. Where there is no room for ego and no space Continue Reading