Jan 30
When I tell people how long my engagement was –a mere four and a half months, they look surprised. “Well we waited,” I stammer trying to explain. “Oh, so you dated for many years and then you finally tied the knot?” “Uuuhhh, no…we dated for fifteen months and WAITED to have sex.” “What? Why? Are …
Jan 27
My husband mentors a group of twenty-something guys courageously trying to do dating different. Fortunately in God’s economy, as much as Tim pours into dater dudes, they in turn flood our lives with uproarious laughter through daily text updates on their awesome dating adventures/catastrophes. I adore these guys and I love how they make my …
Jan 23
I was thirty-two when a frog kissed me and I magically turned into a single person. All of a sudden the veil of married person apathy lifted and I saw all the stuff that whizzed past me before –namely how church wasn’t all that much fun when you’re flying solo. It really hit me the …
Jan 19
There are many reasons to wait for sex –good reasons, lame reasons, and even churchy reasons. But there aren’t many compelling reasons to actually deter most of us from the dirty deed. Sex feels good and life is hard enough, so goshdangdarnit, what kind of overbearing big brother meanie wants to take away all our fun …
Jan 16
My last post “Talk about Sex” generated some tremendous dialogue and initiated more questions than I have answers for. Clearly I hit on a hot button by openly discussing why I talk about sex within the church community. What I hear people saying loud and clear is “we need this conversation and we need more …
Jan 11
Yesterday, someone in my writing group suggested I write a lot about sex. Ummmmm guilty. I actually mention sex in my blog posts six percent of the time. I calculated this number for personal clarification or possibly because I was a tad bit defensive. So, I think this “sex talk allegation” deserves a …
Jan 09
Five hands reached out to the center of the table and piled one on top of the other. Kolby’s little arm had to stretch really far, but she got the tips of her fingers in as our family made our New Year’s pact. “One, two, three…Yo Gabba Gabba,” we yelled out to seal our commitment. …
Jan 04
Two weeks after the honeymoon my new husband cornered me outside the door of our condo and whispered in agony, “The kids never go away, do they?” I looked at him with all the empathy a former single mother of two small children could muster and shook my head, “No, they are pretty much around …
Jan 02
After a good deal of prayer, looking for various signs from heaven, and crying out for fleece (and then more fleece because God can’t really be serious about this), I think Tim and I are going to go for the BIG TRY. For a baby that is. And some poor dog out there is out …
