Posts in marriage
lessons learned

It’s been over 20 years and I have an even bigger appreciation for my parents now that I am married and have 2 kids. We all are doing the best we can, aren’t we? Life can be tough sometimes, but through that toughness, what lessons are YOU learning? What kind of lessons did you learn from your parents? 

Read More
FREE Valentine's Day Printables!
{gratitude}
{efficacy}

Can you, with the record not in your favor, move forward with passion and remember that your calling in your profession is to positively influence the lives of young men, to help them see the value of reaction to adversity, the importance of being a part of something bigger than themselves, to try to impress upon them concepts that will inevitably help them be better sons, husbands, and fathers?

Read More
{first}

In the heaviness of this world, I work to remind myself of first.  Of how unnecessary my pointer finger is for clicking and how important my eyes are for collecting the captured. My heart bundles the broken just as much as the bliss. 

Read More
{bandit life}
{the middle}

There's a binding in the middle. You feel it.  You see the elderly with softer eyes. The younger ones, too.  You know the mistakes that they'll make; you have earned those scars. Things like touch and smell and stillness have a way of revival in your veins.  Beautiful lives in those moments.  Laughter feels deeper and rest comes just a bit easier.  Lessons fall into your lap over & over again. Ones learned and ones still hard to swallow. 

Read More
{guard the good deposit}
{melding}
{how forever feels}
{speckled eggs}

The weekend was filled with forever keepsakes.  No elaborate dress codes or napkins placed just so.  But worship real for the one who marks our hearts His.  The boys get it. And I love that they embrace it. Him. His heart for this world.  They are catching onto what glory really means.

Read More
{bowman burke}
{the score of us}
3 Ways to Love Well

Loving the people you are gifted.  Some thoughts on how to love them well.  

Read More
{trending}
in medias res
{communic-8}
{borrowed}
On Marriage & Melding
The Home Team