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Healing Rain On Barren Land – My Story of Infertility
The life I pictured (and the timeline I assumed would cooperate) I always dreamed of being married and having children. Not in a vague “someday, maybe” way. I mean the whole picture—the husband, the home, the little feet running down the hallway, the kind of chaos people complain about while secretly loving it. Bobby had the same dream. And once we got married, we didn’t jump right into starting a family. We waited. Our plan was to build our careers first. Also, we had this other thing going on that tends to consume every spare minute, emotion, and paycheck like it’s a living creature… Racing. Racing is an all-consuming passion.…
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The Day I Learned Faithfulness Isn’t a Pinterest Word
The day I learned “faithfulness” isn’t a Pinterest word Some dates land in your life like a dropped plate—loud, sudden, and impossible to ignore. October 27, 2018 was one of those days. I remember reading the headlines about the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh and feeling that specific kind of sick that isn’t exactly nausea—it’s grief mixed with disbelief mixed with how is this still real life? Eleven people murdered in a place where people went to pray. A man walking in with weapons and hate, shouting things no human being should ever have in their mouth. And then I read that he was transported—critically injured—to Allegheny General…
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Work on Yourself Before Getting Into a Relationship: What My Parents’ Marriage Taught Me About Love
I love romance. Hallmark movies, rom‑coms, soft music swelling at just the right moment—give me all of it. But those stories usually fade to black right when the real work begins. In real life, love is shaped long before vows and cake. It’s shaped by who we are becoming. And that’s why I believe this: when we work on ourselves before getting into a relationship, we give future love its best chance. The Two Dads I Loved Growing up felt like watching the same actor play two roles. Weekday Dad was steady and kind. He never missed a day of work, showed up to all my brother’s games and concerts,…
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Keeping Your Marriage Close During a Home Renovation
A true story about dust, a brand‑new sliding door, and a breakfast ritual that kept us close during chaos. If you’ve never lived through a renovation, imagine inviting a small construction crew to move in with you. Not officially, of course—they just… show up every morning at 8:02 am with boots the size of cinder blocks and coffee strong enough to wake the drywall from its eternal slumber. Your house stops being a house and becomes a living, breathing obstacle course. There’s a guy knocking down a wall like it owes him money. Another is carrying a saw the length of a Buick through your living room while explaining measurements…
