A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
I’m not a big fan of platitudes. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe in God’s plan for me, but I don’t need a saccharine platitude when I’m hurting. Don’t tell me life will get better when life is hard now. It’s been a really, really hard year, easily the hardest year… [Read More]
I’ve received a lot of well-meaning, but extremely misguided relationship advice over the years. At first, I thought it was just me. If you only know me through my blog, then you might not realize that I married my first boyfriend. I was perpetually single until I met him, just a few months after my… [Read More]
2014 has been an exciting year for the Long family. Dan and I wed on March 22. Jeremy graduated from Clemson University on May 9. Most recently, Harry and Celia wed on October 4. It was a joyous weekend with friends and family coming together from near and far to celebrate my twin brother and… [Read More]
A year ago today, Dan asked me to marry him! Even though we had already finished our premarital counseling, picked a date, and booked our church by the proposal, Dan still managed to completely surprise me with his proposal. As I’ve mentioned before, I was interning at Kappa Kappa Gamma when Dan and I first… [Read More]
Smelling: Candles. While I did burn my Ocean candle and my Sand candle during the summer, I don’t really start to burn scented candles that often until fall. Right now my favorite combination is to burn three different dessert-scented candles at the same time. Their scents mingle so nicely in the living room and kitchen…. [Read More]
Yesterday marked six months since Dan and I said “I do” back in San Antonio, with our parents and siblings watching us. It feels like we’ve been married forever, but our wedding day also feels like yesterday. I know that in the grand scheme of things, six months of marriage isn’t that long, but every… [Read More]
