Tag Archives: Celebrating Love

Feb 26 2013

The devalued state of marriage

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What’s the point of getting married? No really.  It seems that currently in the state of our culture, marriage has been devalued.  Our society has shifted from a God fearing, held to a higher being than our own selves kind of lifestyle to a grab some Jesus in the drive through and make sure that no one’s feelings are hurt or feel left out kind of life, those principles that made people more accountable and upstanding are falling by the way side.

I reflect on this often, but as I was reading an article titled, “Not Married, Not Single”, in my November 2012 issue (yea I am a little behind) of Essence magazine, I felt myself cringe.  Read more...

Feb 17 2013

I left him. I didn’t cry. He was excited!

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Contrary to what you may have thought, this post really isn’t about me or “my other man”, as my husband calls him.  It’s actually about my main man and a wonderful Saturday.

Oh Saturday; what a great day you were….

Not just because the sun shinned, or my parents came by; but I took a HUGE step and I’m so proud of myself, and hubby made me feel like a queen (yet again).

The day started with me escaping to get a mani and pedi, returning home to a sleeping baby and breakfast (that I didn’t have to make).  That’s just the first reason that my hubby is AWESOME!

My parents arrived because hubs arranged for us to get some solo time in.  Mind you, this was the first time I left for longer than a couple (literally two) hours and the baby being left with anyone but my hubby.  Read more...

Jul 9 2012

The Stars and Stripes of our First Year – Happy Anniversary!

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A year ago today, I walked down the aisle, met my best friend at the end and walked back up as his Mrs.  One of the greatest days ever!!!

We may be newly-weds but we are by no means newly-acquainted.  As I have mentioned before, we have lots of history – knowing each other for the greater majority of our lives; and even sharing some kind of weird connection for all that time.

Everyone told us that marriage changes things and even though we knew each other and had dated for a decent amount of time, it just changes – and IT DID!   Read more...

Jun 20 2012

Family Tymes: When he comes through the door, I still get excited…

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It has been 17 (almost 18) years of knowing my husband, five years of being a couple, four years of living together, and a little over a year of being married to him, and I still love to see him walk through the door; I mean get excited when I hear him back in the yard.  Most times, I am right along with Tica (our dog), meeting him at the door.

I had this realization a few weeks ago, as I was home alone (which rarely happens) and expecting him, and every time I heard loud music (gotta love that he is a music junkie) I thought it was him.  When I actually hear his car back in the yard, I get as excited as a kid seeing its mom after a long day.

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Jun 18 2012

Goodtimes, Tanks and Carryout – Father’s Day Awesome!

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My honey is a simple man – he doesn’t require much; My father has everything and I dread the three holidays out of the year that I have to figure out what to get him.

Lately, I have been really big on not putting so much focus on buying things, but rather spending time and creating memories – those can never be used up, lost, stolen, or discarded.

I mentioned here how excited I was about the surprise I had worked up for my two fellas, and it was GREAT (aside from waking up early)!

We started the morning off with a great church service.  I swear my pastor really has a way of getting the message across.  The sermon topic was “A father with a heart of a warrior”, taken from Nehemiah 4.  I can’t stress enough how much I love my church and my church family – I always leave that place feeling so loved, encouraged and motivated to keep striving to be better in the eyes of God.  Read more...