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Never Lonely with Me
Rubbernecking is one of those things we dislike in principle but engage in at some point in our life. We just can’t seem to help it. Have you ever felt simultaneously curious about something macabre and guilty for that same interest? I have. I’ve also been the unwilling subject of that kind of interest. You might have been, too. Here’s How the Story Starts My husband, Bobby, is a professional Champion drag racer. The story starts with him landing Chrysler corporation as a sponsor for our fledgling racing operation. It started small. Our Hero at Chrysler didn’t even know what a funny car was when he said yes. What an…
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This Is a Football: Why the Fundamentals Matter in Marriage
Back to Basics: What Football Taught Me About Love In July of 1961, the Green Bay Packers showed up for the first day of training camp. The previous season had ended in heartbreak—they blew a late lead and lost the NFL Championship to the Philadelphia Eagles. The off-season was brutal, and the players were eager to learn new strategies, new plays, new ways to win. Their coach, Vince Lombardi, had other plans. He walked into camp holding a football and said, “Gentlemen, this is a football. That’s it. No fancy speech. No secret playbook. Just a ball in his hand and a reminder that greatness starts with the basics. These…
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Dear Younger Me
Today, Bobby and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. According to statistics, we have entered a unique, exclusive club: one for couples whose marriages have not only lasted longer than most, but have become even stronger as the years went by. Through every single year of our marriage, people have commented on our strong physical connection and affection toward one another. In the earlier years of our marriage, after people would tell us to get a room (yep, that’s where the blog name comes from), they inevitably would follow it up with “Well, just wait until you’ve been married ___ years.” Wow…thanks for the insight. It was truly disconcerting to hear this over…
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It’s the Little Things
I love my car – except for one thing. The warning alarm – namely the one that sounds when you don’t yet have your seat belt on – is the most shrill and annoying sound ev-er. Oh no. She doesn’t make a pleasing tone like other American cars. She’s a 2008 Crossfire, and while her body and interior were styled by Chrysler, the rest of the car is European. And unlike American engineers, the German ones are all business. They want us to really, really hear it. Take a quick listen. One morning, my hubby and I were leaving for work and he had backed my car out of the…
