2019 – what a year. These past 12 months have been an insane blur of transition and change. To name a few, that included traveling around the world, graduating Bible school, moving home to the east coast, starting two businesses, purchasing a car and a puppy, and buying and remodeling our first home. I’ve been…
Category: Family/Relationships
To the Christian girl who feels all alone
I’m sure you would agree that lately, almost everyone you know is either getting engaged, married, or having a baby. We are all at that age. Literally dozens and dozens of my friends are in these stages of life right now. Each day, there is a new announcement from someone regarding one of these…
My advice for newly-weds and those still “figuring it out.”
Don’t keep secrets – always be honest! Many of you have probably heard the saying, “It is better to deliver a small lie than a painful truth.” No! A lie, no matter how small, is still a lie! Always be honest. Brian and I committed, even while we were courting, to always be honest with…
5 Things I Learned About Newlyweds and Finances
In these past 7 months as a young wife, I have discovered countless things and learned many lessons. One of them is that you can learn a great deal about yourself by looking at how you handle finances. Another, more important discovery is: how you and your spouse work together when it comes to money…
Marrying into an Amish familie
Okay, so now that we all have the same understanding of the Amish belief-system and way of life, let me continue with my story of how my husband’s family left the Amish (What do the Amish believe and why?): After Brian’s father became “saved” or “born-again” while reading a contemporary Christian book, he and a…
What do the Amish believe and why?
Somehow, I seem to have forgotten to mention that my husband, Brian, was born into an Amish family and was raised as such until he was six years old. His family’s story of leaving the Amish and adapting to the English way of life is quite amazing, and is really, nothing short of miraculous (Marrying…
What’s your ‘big yes’?
A few days ago, Brian and I celebrated our four-month anniversary. As most newly-weds believe, we thought that we were invincible and that the stories we heard from “old married couples” would never apply to us: we will never grow out of touch, we will never lose connection, we will never grow distant, we will…
Introducing myself….
I am a 20-year-old newly-wed who is still trying to discover who she is, what her new-found role as a wife looks like, what part she plays in the world, and what exactly her destiny is. In the last few years, I have grown astronomically, and the circumstances of the past two years specifically, have…
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