The Five Languages of Love

When Ray and I were newlyweds, we studied a book called The Five Love Languages. In this book, Gary Chapman explains the different ways in which people react to others, based on actions and words, thus resulting in changes in our “love tanks.”
Chapman spent an entire chapter in his book explaining how the love languages [...]

10 Years Ago

We became husband and wife on that squeltering August evening, ten years ago today.

I vowed to love, honor, and cherish him for all the days of my life.

We became a new family. Just the two of us.

We began a journey. A wonderful journey.

And now, ten years later, I love him more than I did that [...]

First Kiss

Over the course of more than two years, he had become my best friend. Letters and phone calls, sent over the many miles that separated us, created a bond that was unbreakable.
11:47pm February 17, 1997
Tonight, the miles that typically separate us did no longer. He was here with me, if only for a short time. [...]

Only then

We stopped for donuts on the way to church this morning. We were running late, as usual, so Ray ran in to make the purchase while I sat in the car with the kiddos.
“There are a lot of people dressed for church, Mom,” Zach observed.
“There are, aren’t there?”
“Yes, and a lot of them are old.” [...]