“Are you crying?” he asked, after a long pause. “Maybe,” I responded. “Why? Because you’re tired?” “Maybe,” I said again. It was all I could force out between muffled sobs. “Oh, so that’s where June gets it” he joked. Huffing an involuntary laugh, I said, “Probably.” Our words hung over us in the darkness as…
Category: Marriage
Number Nine
Today was my 9th wedding anniversary. Nobody remembered. Not even me and Nick. Which was awesome! Because it means we’ve been together long enough that another year going by isn’t all that big of a deal. Ever since I got married, I’ve been looking forward to this stage of our relationship. I guess I felt…
What I Learned From Quitting Facebook
A word about self-confidence from the girl who (almost) shit her pants in 10th grade. At 16, I came thiiiiiis close to being the first girl at Trinity Christian to crap her pants in the hallway. It had to have happened before… and it probably happened after I graduated… but, to my utter shock and…
A Human, Being
Anybody remember this post? Yeah, me neither. Apparently, I wrote it in mid-October of last year and then promptly forgot about it. Which is weird, right? I had what I felt was a real spiritual encounter, a full-on revelation from God. I’d assumed that such a mind-blowing declaration of sobering truth would be accompanied by thunder…
Love Before the Internet
Reality refused to meet my sky-high expectations. So, I lowered them. I was born a hopeless romantic. Due to my life circumstance and trajectory, I was — for good or ill — enabled to stay that way much longer than most kids are these days, what with “sexting” and porn and the Internet. The Internet…
Poop Culture
Stop holding in farts, dear. You look like a blowfish. I’ve always been frustrated with the state of poop culture in America. In my early years, I always pottied with the door open. As an only child – a “single kid,” as my husband likes to say – of parents who insisted on living in…