There are only ten days left before the San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon and Half Marathon. My husband and I are signed up and planning on being there. This will be my fifth half marathon and his tenth. And we have never felt more unprepared. In years past, we had spreadsheets calculating our every […]
Marriage
This Golden Ring
Over a year ago, I lost my wedding ring. It was about the same time that we brought a new puppy home. I had the strange suspicion that Sofie had carried off the ring in her mouth and took it in the back yard. I had put the ring down on an end table to […]
Happy Anniversary to the Big Stud
Eighteen years ago today, in the little church where I grew up at around 3:30 in the afternoon, my Daddy walked me down the aisle to the man of my dreams. There is no other person in the world that I would rather spend the rest of my life […]
Emergency Date Night
I was feeling overwhelmed with birthday parties and the kids school and sports activities. I called for an emergency date night on Saturday night. I just wanted a casual meal with my man that wasn’t rushed or one I didn’t have to cook. I wanted to go somewhere and hold hands and pretend that […]
A Recipe for Love
Nick and Sarah A few weeks ago, my husband and I attended an engagement party for a young lady who was barely a teenager when we first met her over fourteen years ago. She moved to New York City and fell in love with Nick, who had […]
Half marathon Are you serious?
My husband came home with a flyer from Run Wild Sports in the Pearl Brewery not long after I was laid off from the most stressful job of my entire career. There is just something about clients screaming at you because your loan guidelines are changing by the hour that tends to make your heart […]