Journal

I have to admit, I loved the book Divergent. Have you read it? To me, it's so much better than The Hunger Games series - the main reason? Divergent offers hope where The Hunger Games had only the promise of…

So yesterday was my birthday. I'm not a huge party person - I like a small gathering of friends and family maxing out around ten total - and we pretty much handled that this weekend when we had lunch with…

In Community Bible Study we started studying Mark at the beginning of the year. This past week, we studied the parable of the sower (Mark 4). When you've been a believer for a long time, I think it's easy to…

First let me say, no, I'm not pregnant. Second let me say how very sorry I am that I didn't manage to get my act together last night and have a post scheduled for first thing this morning. I don't…

Another conversation that seems to get left by the wayside during dating is the one about kids. Now, usually people do manage to at least have the "do you want kids?" conversation--maybe even going farther into how many you're hoping…

The next biggie that causes strife between couples is splitting up the chores. I never really thought about it when we were dating - part of me just assumed it'd work itself out. The other part figured it'd probably be…

In romance novels, things typically end with the engagement. And usually you don't get a peek into the many conversations that need to take place before two people really get married. Hopefully in real life couples will seek pre-marital counseling…

In fiction, romance novels in particular, the author typically ends the story at the "happily ever after." Your hero and heroine are engaged, or married, and everything seems to be coming up roses. And that's where the story should end…