#LoveBlog Reflections

#LoveBlog and the month of February is coming to a close today. For the last prompt, I'm taking the time to reflect back on the experience. The #LoveBlog Experience I did not discover #LoveBlog until two or three days into the month thus I had no plans...

Firsts

Aww! True love! Yesterday I got to hear the cutest story. The little girl I watch, M, has a crush on a little boy in her fourth grade class. At the beginning of the month, she announced to me that for her birthday week, she wanted 1) to open her presents...

A Bit of Advice…

A few years into dating, my husband transitioned from a die-hard protestant to a die-hard Catholic. Of course this resulted in conflicts of interest; could a protestant and Catholic marry? Don't get me wrong. Of course a Catholic and a protestant can marry! But,...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

When I think of respect, Aretha Franklin comes to mind. But there's more to respect than just the simple act, of which I have decided to blog about today. (No thanks to the encouragement of the #LoveBlog link-up.) Justin was my first boyfriend. As it turns...

Family Intros

After yesterday's blog post you probably have a pretty good idea of who I am and what my marriage is like… The following are the people who have helped to shape mine and my husband's life the most and who have had the strongest influence on our marriage – the...

The Little Things

You know those posts on facebook where someone comments "My husband/boyfriend/significant other is better than yours!"? I hate those posts. I also hate when people get on facebook to brag: "I bought a house!", "I paid off my student loans!", "I'm going on a fancy...

Meaningful Gifts

No, I did not lose my ring in the snow … yet. So … Funny story. :) Before Justin and I got married, he had a laptop on life support. I mean – seriously. He was keeping it alive as long as he possibly could at my suggestion. I'm all about not buying things...

Boundaries, Trust, & Love

(source) Let me tell you a story… Once upon a time I had a German friend (A) and a friend who was getting married (J) to a man who lived in Germany (J1). Anyway, I happened to be visiting A and his wife (A1) when I found out that J was coming to Germany...

Showing Love Through Service Work

One of my most memorable experiences of doing service work was going up to Asheville, North Carolina during a spring break retreat with my college's religious life program. In total, all nine of us, including the group leader, met for the first time that Saturday...

Social Media

Where everybody is nobody and nobody is somebody. Let's be real. I have a love/hate relationship with social media.  FACEBOOK I joined Facebook the second year it was available when you had to have a college email address to use it. I added everyone...

#LoveBlog Challenge

(source) Today is day 15 of #LoveBlog and for my sanity, I feel it is important to be straight with you. While I love participating in link-ups, I usually don't go full in because I really like my daily themes. I like talking about food and travel … and …...

Mentors 101

(source) Over the last ten years of my life, my view on mentorship has vastly changed to the point where I don't trust people. Immediately out of college I took on three consecutive internships and was burned three consecutive times. It really sucks when...

Perfect Date Ideas

It all comes down to love. What is the perfect date? Seeing the sun rise over the Eiffel Tower? That one kiss where you swear you hear fireworks in the distance? I'd like to argue that, for me, a perfect date is just spending time with someone you love. There...

Deal Breakers

source Between the time I started dating my husband and the time I married him, we found ourselves facing a host of personality differences. There was only one (well maybe two) possible deal breakers that came up for me though. Because I'm of the opinion that...