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Contributing Writer: Virginia Davidson Young Love strolls down the boardwalk hand in hand.  Life is sweet and indescribable feelings of excitement crowd the sidewalk. Weeks, months, years pass, life (and 10 lbs) happens and the scheduling of dates falls by the wayside.  The butterflies no longer visit when hands are held.  The “lovin’ feeling” is [...]

Contributing Writer: Dave Saavedra ~Iron Sharpens Iron Series~ Wives pass it on to your men! After 8 years of marriage and 4 children, I’ve come to realize the painful truth that I am pretty bad at being a husband! I could easily list all the selfish acts of betrayal that have marred both my wife [...]

Contributing Writers: Jami and Mark Nato The last story in our series. To read the other stories go here. To receive our updates click on the Follow button on the sidebar! Jami shares as she looks back on that day: “my world literally collapsed. it was an out of body experience. i was so deeply upset, but could [...]

Contributing Writer: Emily Weatherby  If you’re just tuning in, stop by here  to read the rest of the stories of women sharing from all walks of life. At the age of 23, when I said my vows and repeated the words, “. . . to love and to cherish . . . in sickness and [...]

Contributing Writer: Melody Hester For the others stories in this series stop by here. Next week, we will end our series with Part 8 of Loving Your Man When it Hurts. Yes, it went from 6 to 8 women!         We met in seventh grade at a church youth group outing. He held a [...]

Contributing Artist: Kathleen Ang-Dalseno “I was given the opportunity to meditate on these words when a client requested this as a gift for her husband. Then Marty Norman, author, made these words come alive when she shared about her forty-four years of marriage. It really challenged me to commit my marriage up to God, and let [...]

Contributing Writer: Virginia Davidson  For the rest of the stories in this series go here. There have been plenty of times I have disappointed others and others have disappointed me – including my husband.  It seems the closer the person is to you, the harder the disappointment hits.  When we’re talking about our spouse, it’s a [...]

Contributing Writer: Asked to remain anonymous  He is Not My Enemy Peering three stories down off our balcony, I wished I could throw myself over the edge to punish my husband for the pain he had caused.  My perfect world of marriage, kids, and ministry work had completely shattered when I found out my husband was [...]

Contributing Writer: Marty Norman, Author and Writer  I can’t think of a better way to launch our Valentines day week with a story of commitment, hardship, grace and love! Loving Your Man When it Hurts Series for the other stories go here. Don’t miss a story by entering your email address in the right side [...]

Contributing Photographer: Carla Ackermann Life without love is like a tree, without blossom and fruit. Khalil Gibra

Singleness Awareness Day by Leslie Foster-Ponderings From an Ohio Farm Girl, Contributing Writer As the New Year rolls into February, the world begins to turn pink.  Don’t get me wrong- I like a little pink in my world.  But Valentine’s Day takes pink to a whole new level of overkill.  My feelings about the pink [...]

From the Studio to Your Home Photography Tips by  Jill Tirrell Contributing Writer So how many of you have about a million photos that look just like this? This Valentine’s Day lets branch out a little and get something more romantic with our hubby or boyfriend! Here are five romantic pose ideas that I hand picked to give [...]

Joining us today is our guest author: Lara Williams  ~You can WIN a copy of her book details below~ My man and I would both say the same thing. Our marriage has not been easy. Our unrealistic expectations mixed with poor communication and heavy baggage made us the prime target for a train wreck. And we [...]

Contributing Writer: Mari Hernandez-Tuten I wanted to share random tidbits throughout this series in between the stories of our 6 wonderful contributors: My husband and I sat across from each other on the cold leather couches having an intense conversation while I watched my toddler through the window. He played outside oblivious and carefree, oh, [...]

Contributor: Michael Ann Valentine’s Day is coming closer and closer! Here is a very quick and easy tutorial for a Fabric Valentine, perfect for using up pretty scraps and bits, and simple enough for beginning stitchers, grown-ups and kids alike! You will need – 1 – A couple different bits and scraps of fabric. Use [...]

Love is not love. Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark. That looks on … Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom…. Sonnet 116 Love that “bears all things, believes [...]

“To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.”  Have you ever sat in the shower crying? Wondering what was I thinking, “What did I get into, how [...]

Contributing Writer: Virginia Davidson When thinking of Valentine’s Day it’s hard not to think of the candy hearts with messages. Playing with that idea a bit I wondered what a pillow would look like with secret messages for my hubby. Place the pillow on your bed and heart flap opens with a love message. Let [...]