Marriage
When you first get married, all seems blissful! You are marrying the person of your dreams and you can’t imagine ever feeling anything but love for that soulmate of yours, right? Then a few months in, a few years in, or 20 something or more years in, and your like…um…this is way harder than I imagined!
Read MoreThese two cuties!! High School Sweethearts!!!! They totally stole our hearts from the moment we met them! We met them at a graduation party for our daughter’s boyfriend (of all places, right? LOL). The bride is our daughter’s boyfriend’s sister and once we heard their story and got to know them, we knew we just had to work with them to get some gorgeous images for them (which they made super easy, but more on that later)!
Read MoreIt was a very dark time in our marriage! We couldn’t see past the dark moments we felt stuck in…but God certainly could. He had great plans for us all along, and we just had to take it one moment at a time, trust in Him, and hang on to each other through it all!
Read MoreAllen and I had the most amazing weekend! We attended a marriage conference in Jacksonville Florida……….
Read MoreWell this past week has been a bit of a doozy for us. After traveling for Christmas and then again for New Years, we were so excited to finally have a week at home and relax a bit and tackle a long house projects list. We had all kinds of house projects on the to-do list and were ready to tackle them! Bring it on! That’s when we hit a bump in the plan.
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Words cant really begin to describe what's in my heart and what a tough few weeks it's been. Watching so many people’s lives be so devastated from the Hurricane Michael has been completely heartbreaking. And then I sort of got so immersed and lost in disaster relief that I let the 1 year anniversary of Mama's death sneak up on me. I knew it was coming but just didn’t allow myself to focus on it too much. Disaster relief has been such a balm to my soul. Truly! Wednesday I had the sweet opportunity to take supplies to my aunt’s aunt (which well...she claims me as family because well...ummm..she used to change my diapers. LOL. And she's known my grandparents longer than I have. So Yes! She’s family!). It was such an absolute delight to travel to Cottondale, Florida and meet up with her and share all the love (AKA supplies that other beautiful people donated) with her and her family. We got to sit and eat lunch together (thanks to my precious Father-in-law & Mother-in-law, who graciously drove us there & treated us all to lunch) ..and we shared the most precious conversations and tears over a Hardees burger. Imagine that! She shared her horrific storm story with me and also some sweet memories of my grandparents (who have both passed on). It was such a blessing! Not sure the Cottondale Hardees has ever seen such love and tears in their little restaurant.
But that is NOT the main point of this post. I'm getting to that tho. hehe. The next day ended up being the 1 yr anniversary of Mamas death. Ugh! I thought I was mostly prepared for it. Umm. Not at all!!! The day was full of errands and busyness with a few sweet moments of remembrance sprinkled in between (and I do mean a few...not quite enough for me, as it turns out). I am quite the processor and I really need time to process grief. I am not able to stuff it for long. All that to say that by the end of that day, I was a hot mess...emotionally. I just was in a deep funk! Sometimes that just happens with grief. By the time my head hit my pillow, the tears were still just a flowin. And here it is..the point of the post...guess what my incredible man did?! HE PRAYED OVER ME!!! Yes, he did!!! And I cant even begin to tell you the peace that flooded my soul instantly! I had been anxious and emotional all day and in that very moment, I felt nothing but peace! Really! It was so beautiful!
Soo...here it is..short and sweet…Husbands, pray over your wives! We need it! We really do! It is one of the best marriage investments you can ever make. And on that note, (prepare yourself for a silly shift)… also… eat ice cream together! Haha. Some serious encouragement and silly encouragement! Heehee. Eating ice cream together is what you would have found us doing tonight. It was a sweet reward for pushing thru some crazy few weeks together.
Just don't forget each other and to invest in each other. Pray for each other and pray OVER each other. It’s huge! Really! And sneak away together when you can and most definitely… eat ice cream together (with lots of toppings)! Especially after a crazy season!
So there it is! Our best marriage advice for you this week! LOL. Keepin it real and…
Cheering you on,
Allen & Carol
The past few months have literally flown by. Between keeping up with our kids busy schedules, our own busy schedules, pouring into friends’ lives and squeezing in some get-away-family-camping time we have been missing the opportunity to post for Marriage Mondays. But…seasons!
Read MoreWe just celebrated 23 years of marriage last weekend, and we are still having so much fun adventuring together! Actually now more than ever!
Read MoreFall is a time for new routines, new schedules, new rhythyms! A time to take inventory and have a bit of a fresh start… the Fall Season of Marriage is a time for us to BE INTENTIONAL! A time to really focus on what we will do to grow our marriage and strengthen our marriage and make it a priority!
Read MoreJust like the weather, our marriage can change with seasons. We can be in Summer one moment and Winter the next. One never knows!
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