Why You Don’t Need to Wait for Your Husband’s Approval

My husband and I are both missionaries.  We met whilst on the field in East Asia.  That was in 2004.  He had been there a couple of years already and me -newly arrived.  We got married a few years later and were raising our 2 kids there until God called us to the US last […]

Grieving the Man My Husband is Not

My husband is a good man. But he is not a perfect man. And he is not everything I originally dreamed of and hoped for in a man. He is more -in every sense of that word.  He is more than what I would have known to ask for, and he is more than what I would […]

Three Overlooked (but Essential) Qualities to Look for in a Spouse

The qualities that I hoped for in a partner at age 18 and what I actually got are fairly different.  And I am extremely grateful to God that they are.  (You can read some of what I thought was essential here.)  My husband is amazing, and the qualities that he daily demonstrates to me and our […]