Welcome to the seventeenth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Promises. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Reflection. When Dan and I exchanged our wedding vows almost four years ago, we chose traditional wedding vows. To be honest, we had talked about writing our own wedding vows, but with a short engagement, we ran out of time…. [Read More]
Putting Myself in Time-Out
Welcome to the ninth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Solitude. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Solitude. Howdy, Dan here again. Feeling guilty about writing this after 6PM the night my next post is due… But guilt isn’t such a bad thing all of the time. Guilt is just the feeling of reflecting upon your decisions and… [Read More]
Why My Husband and I Spend Quality Time Apart
Welcome to the ninth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Solitude. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Passion. Pretty much all relationship bloggers write about the importance of a couple spending quality time together. But what about quality time apart? Spending quality time apart from my husband is vital to our marriage. What is quality time apart? Normally… [Read More]
All of My Passions that I’m Not Embarrassed to Admit
Welcome to the twelfth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Challenges. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Beliefs. Several years at Comic Con, I had the privilege of meeting Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We only chatted for a few minutes, but she was just so genuine and encouraging. She shared… [Read More]
What I Believe (and Why That Matters)
Welcome to the thirteenth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Beliefs. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for last week’s topic, Challenges. Beliefs are central to who we are as human beings. For better or for worse, our beliefs guide everything we do in life. These are my beliefs. Note: all Bible quotes are New Revised Standard Version. What I believe… [Read More]
How to Help a Grieving Friend
Welcome to the twelfth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Challenges. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Tradition. It’s been 2 1/2 years since my mother died. I’m still grieving, and I don’t think I’ll ever stop. Time doesn’t erase grief; it only makes grief easier to bear. When the grief is still new and raw, however, loved… [Read More]