We’re talking about funniest Christmas memories over at the Wives of Faith Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Carnival today, and the first thing I thought of was the first Christmas Cliff and I ever shared as a married couple. We were living in Zachary, LA, a small town where both our families lived and where

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Fourteen Christmases ago, I was in love. In love with a boy who stole my heart the moment I met him. Now, the moment I actually met him was on a hot day in June, eighteen months before. My parents moved from Pennsylvania the week after my high school graduation back to Louisiana just a

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A couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to represent Wives of Faith at a table for one of the pre-deployment briefings the 278th held for their families. This is the largest National Guard unit in Tennessee (3000 or so) and for many it’s their second deployment in four years. It was a privilege

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I am so excited to be speaking to the spouses this weekend at the National Guard Association of Louisiana Conference near Alexandria! We are going to be talking about keeping a strong marriage, and yesterday I sent a question out to my Facebook and Twitter folks asking what they felt was the most important thing

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I’ve been reading through the Bible over the last year and for the last week or so I’ve been in 1 Corinthians and recently read the thirteenth chapter which most people will recognize as the “love chapter.” It’s been different, though, reading it through the Message translation. Read this: If I speak with human eloquence

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When we were going through our deployment last year, I was determined to be the best, supportive wife that I could be. I was going to shower my husband with care packages, be sweet and loving every time he called, not mind at all dropping everything I was doing to talk (and of course I

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The other night when my husband Cliff and I were teaching our second grade choir class on Sunday night, we were working on learning a new song titled “Speak to Me.” As a way of illustrating how important it is to really listen for God’s voice, Cliff had the kids play the Telephone Game. Did

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We got to go see Fireproof Friday night. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME MOVIE! If you haven’t seen this movie you need to. I was not disappointed. There are so many issues that are raised in this film, and it really does a great job of opening up dialogue and communication between couples afterwards. Cliff and I were

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Ten years ago today, my life changed for the better when I walked down the aisle to marry my husband. We had no idea what God had in store for us; just that He had brought us together. It has been a wild ride so far, that’s for sure, but one that has never been

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