When He Shuts Down: Loving a Man Who Doesn’t Talk About His Feelings
von There are things you don’t learn about your husband until the weight of real life settles in. You think you know a person — their …
I Didn’t Know How to Cook — But We Learned Together
When Mark and I first got married, I didn’t know how to cook. I don’t mean I wasn’t great at it — I mean I …
We Almost Lost Each Other After the Baby — But This One Conversation Saved Us
When we brought our baby home, I really thought that would be the happiest time of our lives. I imagined this soft, sleepy bubble of …
How Yoga (and a Lot of Patience) Saved Our Marriage
I never thought downward dog would be the thing that saved us. Not after the months we had. The quiet. The cold shoulder. The “fine” …
Marriage in the Grocery Store Aisle
It didn’t hit me all at once. It was more like a slow realization, like when you stand under a leaky faucet and don’t notice …
What I Cook When I Feel Like a Bad Mom
It usually starts with something stupid. Like the socks. Or the spelling test. Or the orange juice that someone spilled on the floor and didn’t …
The Dinner That Held My Marriage Together (For One More Night)
I almost didn’t make dinner that night. I had half a mind to leave the dishes in the sink, throw on an old hoodie, and …
We don’t argue much anymore.
I used to think that was a good thing. I mean, isn’t that what people say? That fighting all the time means something’s wrong — …
We weren’t broken. That’s what I kept telling myself.
We weren’t broken, just tired. Just going through a hard patch. Just dealing with the stress of kids and bills and sleep deprivation and whatever …
I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was thirty-four.
I know, I know. Most people start driving in high school, maybe college. But for me, it was always something I quietly avoided. Not because …
