Category: Relationships
Beware Of the Bladderwort Woman
Deceitfully beautiful yellow flowers, that’s a Bladderwort. (Photo source: www.fs.fed.us) My sons and…
Just A Little MORE Respect
I am on a role with this respect series so I am going to go ahead and post what I just shared at a couples’…
The Respectable Husband/Father
With permission from my husband, Edric, I am writing this entry. “If I want my family to respect me, I need to be respectable.” His…
Not In Front of the Kids
For the most part Edric and I avoid “SHAMING” one another in front of our children. We don’t make each other look bad so that…
Love Beyond Poetry And Passion
When I was married in my 20s, I knew only of young love — the kind that inspired poetry and passion. But now that love…
Caught On Camera
This past week, homeschooling solutions asked me to take video answers to questions posited by other homeschoolers or would-be homeschoolers. Since my week was pretty…
Complement, Don’t Complicate
“Complement, don’t complicate me.” That’s what Edric said to me at 35,000 feet in the air, on the plane home from Brazil. I was nagging…
Sunrise On Copacobana Beach
A couple of nights ago, Edric told me he was feeling lost. (With the number of hats he has to wear, juggling his responsibilities can…
What Is This Love?
Brazilians are very much like Filipinos — warm, relational, and sincere. It’s been such a joy to interact with them and get to know their…
Just You & Me, Baby!
No kids. Just Edric and me. I miss them but this is a lot of fun! We needed this time away. The perks of childless…
Vomit
It’s not a pretty title but it’s my descriptor for what happened this afternoon, in the car, on Edric’s leg, on his leather shoes, on…