Tag: marriage
What my Mother-In-Law Taught Me About Being a Great Mother (In-law)
Mothers-in-law get a seriously bad rap. And usually, it's well-deserved.
It's much more common to have a weird or completely broken relationship with your MIL...
My Husband’s Depression and Me
My husband has struggled with depression for most of his life. It’s not unique to our marriage or even his adulthood. Early childhood trauma...
Fresh Start: Life After Divorce
I've written a blog over how to survive in the midst of divorce... but son of a nutcracker how in the WORLD do you...
Tips To Prepare For Your First Kid Free Vacation
For the first two and a half years of my daughter’s life, she wasn’t away from me (or her dad) for more than one...
Husband, You’re Not Helping
It was one of those days.
My son was tired and cranky (as was I), and by the time my husband got home from work,...
Why I Support My Stay-at-Home Husband
I never thought we'd be those parents. I imagined we would both be working full-time jobs and be sending our kids to daycare, but...
We’ve Traded Anniversary Fanfare for Family Traditions
On July 5th, sixteen years ago, my husband and I stood at the front of my parent's church surrounded by family and friends and...
When You Spend Maternity Leave With Your Husband…Twice
Somewhere in between having our first and second child, I became the breadwinner and my husband became a stay-at-home-dad. When the birth of our...
HeyDay is Serving Up Fun for the Whole Family
Since moving back to Norman five years ago, I had only ventured into HeyDay for parties. When HeyDay Entertainment invited my family for a...
The 5 Dumbest Things My Husband Has Done
Husbands. You love 'em and sometimes you want to hate 'em.
They do so many awesome and wonderful things for us so it's hard not...
What I Won’t Do When I’m a Mother-In-Law (Well, Probably)
Do you remember when you were child-free and blissfully ignorant, but full of ideas about what you would never do as a mom? Then...
I’m All Out of Touch
It had finally come. The day I looked at my husband after a long day and said the dreaded words - I am out...