Fireproof – the movie – Please *go* see it! Posted on September 30, 2008 By pamela I very rarely make a bold movie recommendation and I don’t think I’ve ever suggested that there’s a movie *every* married couple must see. Until now. Now, I’m not caught up in the afterglow of a tremendous movie or in a bunch of emotional hype that seems to be the… Read more
vasectomies. Posted on March 11, 2008October 24, 2024 By pamela I thought I’d just start this post off with a bang: vasectomies. Writing the rest of it will be easier now, comparatively speaking. Well, with the exception of replies to comments – but that’s probably the good thing about not receiving lots of daily comments here. I don’t know of… Read more
Birthcontrol at Mars Hill Posted on February 29, 2008 By pamela In our area lots of folks are drawn to the Mars Hill church in Seattle and ‘tens of thousands’ more who listen on line. I began to watch this lengthy video – it is a sermon, after all, and listened to his take on birth control and what the Bible… Read more
What thirty years have taught me… the secret? Posted on February 5, 2008 By pamela Are you looking for the key to happy marriage? The key to long marriage? I think we’re all looking for the key to something. Just think of the things for which you wish you had the key. I need to lose twenty pounds fast; what’s the key to fast weightloss…. Read more
What thirty years have taught me… p.o.a.t. don’t pout. Posted on February 5, 2008 By pamela For many days now I’ve been mulling over the question: what have thirty years of marriage have taught me? When I look back at where we were, where we’ve been and all that’s happened through the years, all I can honestly say is that it is the kindness, the grace… Read more
now, we’re thirty. Posted on February 4, 2008 By pamela By the grace of God… we do celebrate thirty years – of marriage and family. Read more
thirty Posted on February 1, 2008 By pamela You know, I sometimes find it hard to believe I’m over thirty years old… but it’s harder for me to fathom thirty years of marriage. And, in many ways, it feels like we’re just beginning. So… now we’ve sure been reminiscing. Thirty years… February 4, 1978. I think over then… Read more
Our lingering conversations… Posted on October 16, 2007 By pamela So… we seem to have a lingering conversation around here. When my husband comes in the room or we end up standing around in our kitchen… it’s as if we just continue this ongoing conversation… a conversation that sort of lingers in our minds day after day — now, week… Read more
Whither Thou Goest Posted on October 2, 2007 By pamela Inscribed on our wedding invitation and sung at our wedding were the words (from the Book of Ruth): “Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thess: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my… Read more
loyal — to the end Posted on September 6, 2007 By pamela [September 6, 2007] Several weeks ago I wrote but never completed the following blog entry. Now that story has an ending. My heart is heavy today as I think of our friends and the first day they spend without their husband/father. Wes took Hannah back over to Idaho on Sunday… Read more