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Marriage Guardrails: How to Protect Your Relationship Before It Hits the Wall
Drag racing is dangerous. My husband, Bobby, is a professional funny car driver, and over the years I’ve watched more racecars crash than I care to remember. Our sport has worked to be safe, and almost every time, drivers walk away without even a scratch. But there is damage. The two most common safety issues in drag racing are cars catching fire and cars hitting the wall. Often, the two happen at the same time. Bobby has been on fire three times. I thank God that’s he’s never been hurt in the car. I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more just to… never see that again.…
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20 Winter Dates for 20 Bucks
I’ve got 20 easy, FUN, and cheap date ideas for winter! All under $20. Just try one. Capiche? Make cookies. You can go homemade or buy a mix. ...and give them away. Package them up in Ziploc bags and deliver them to neighbors or retirement homes near you. Have a kitchen showdown! Challenge each other to a cook-off – you can split the $20 at the grocery store however you’d like, but each person must whip up as full a meal as possible with what they’ve got. This is my Chicken Marsala – do not and I repeat – DO NOT – challenge me to a cook-off. 4. Put together a…
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Uncommon Romance
I love romantic books and movies — I am the Hey Get A Room girl after all. My husband has offered romantic gestures, even grand ones, in the traditional ways: flowers, expensive dinners, candlelight, and candy. Those things are lovely. I enjoy them immensely. But, before I met him, other men offered me those same gestures. Those should be part of the repertoire if you’re doing dating right. But men and women who want to earn their Advanced Certification in Romance? Keep doing that stuff. And add those things that show that you get them. Know them. Appreciate their uniqueness. I call it Uncommon Romance. Let me explain. My husband…
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Why Is It So Hard to Receive Than to Give?
I almost dropped a Hail Mary pass. Okay, I’ve never caught a football in my life. But it’s the perfect metaphor for what happened with my husband, Bobby. I ran headfirst into a realization I probably should’ve learned a long time ago: why it is so hard to receive than to give. And as it turns out, that’s an especially inconvenient lesson to learn right around Valentine’s Day. In a 1975 playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys were down 14–10 against the Minnesota Vikings. With just twenty‑four seconds left in the fourth quarter, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw a miracle, game‑winning pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson. Afterward, Staubach said, “I…
