marriage
Marriage is not so much a word as it is a sentence–a life sentence.
3 Senses
The first time I met her we were both in a coffee shop. She smelled of honeydew and summer time. Her laugh was like a sunrise. It started out deep and dark and then slowly grew into a bright shining beam of light. I stepped up to order and told the man at the register what I wanted. He rung it up and I struggled with the change in my pocket when I heard her footsteps moving towards the door.
By Michelle Werbeck7 years ago in Humans
In Tandem
Along the rocky trail, snuggled between overarching branches that look as though they wish to kiss, our story begins. How we got here—miles away from anything—is unclear. What we know is that we wanted to go for a bike ride. “Mountain-biking is such an inexpensive way to stay active,” you had said, so we bought ourselves a bicycle built for two with the hope that it would bring us together.
By Ellie Ennas7 years ago in Humans
Can Arguing Really Be This Cute?
I laugh just thinking of some of the things we argue over. I mean honestly. We have been told that our arguments are cute, funny, and some people wish they could argue like we do. But what is it that makes it so funny? So cute, yet so incredibly annoying?
By Heidi White7 years ago in Humans
Penpal Romance
In 1994, I joined a group called Down Home Singles, I was living in Nashville, TN. at the time and tired of the dating scene. About a week after joining I received my first letter from a gentlemen in Richmond,VA. We started writing each other through the service at first, for safety. That changed after the first week at a dollar a letter since we were writing daily. It got to the point, that I knew my mail carrier by his first name, I lived for those letters. Smelling of gravity cologne. He was 29 years old working on a military base and looking for a long term relationship. We wrote for 8 months when he finally got the nerve to call me. We talked for a little while and made plans to meet. I was going to fly to Richmond to see him for his vacation, in April and my ticket was bought. I was so excited and counting the days.
By Cherie Williams Anderson7 years ago in Humans
15 Years Later
This year, my spouse and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary, our 15th meeting anniversary. A lot of things are happening during this time. How do we know if our relationship was going to last that long and if it is going to last longer? In fact, we didn't know it, but something inside us made us believe that we would have several years together.
By Caroline Brazeau7 years ago in Humans
How to Keep a Strong Marriage
In the years of self help books, magazines and shows we still find ourselves more in need of help. One tip is ditch those books on how to save your marriage. They will not help you. They will only pull you further away from your spouse since your nose will be stuck in it instead of focusing on your person.
By Kimberly LU7 years ago in Humans
Words for My Husband
I'm going to be sharing something really personal with you guys. And if you know me, you know that's not something that I do with just anybody. But I read this prayer I wrote a few years ago and I felt the need to share it. My prayer wall holds pretty much every "serious" issue I've had in life since the time I was 16 years old. So you could imagine the things that I thought were "serious" over the years. I've never really been a person who likes to talk to others about what it is I deal with. I actually find it kind of difficult to open up sometimes. Which is why I started my prayer wall. I write down my prayers (of course not all of them), date them and sign my name. I like to go back and read them just to see how far God has brought me. And to see how much I've grown since.
By Charity Boyd7 years ago in Humans
The Simple Things
When you run out of words, what do you have left? Your actions. Telling my husband I love him can be as simple as grabbing him his favorite pecan cinnamon rolls from the bread store. The look he gets when I hand those to him is so fulfilling. He turns into a little kid. I hope I'm not the only person in a relationship that wants to please the other. It makes me feel so happy to find all these odd little ways to say I love you like that.
By Ashly Arbes7 years ago in Humans
