Marriage + Relationships

Don't you love hearing those deep-rooted belly laughs? Or better yet, experiencing them yourself? When is the last time you had a side splitting laugh? Laughter is a great stress reducer, and that's no joke! According to WebMD, studies show...

A year ago in the midst of one of his angry tirades, my husband sarcastically turned to our daughter and asked, "Do you know how to spell divorce?" My sweet baby girl, just a toddler at the time, said "no"...

Communicating with our partners is hard sometimes, yes? Maybe it didn’t used to be (before kids). Maybe you’re just having a rough patch (totally normal). Or maybe you’ve just found yourself in the nasty pattern of nagging without results...

Years before I had my first child, I always noticed that mothers seemed to be able to connect with each other in a way that most other people couldn’t. No matter their age, race, or socioeconomic class, there was...

This little expression of us, walking around flesh and blood, started with you and me, with a smile and a spark, a dinner and late-night talks and walks in the park under the  moonlight.   This shared dream conceived long ago,  a family,  a life – just one between...

*Trigger warning: this post discusses substance abuse and suicide.  Dear Husband, I am writing this under cover of darkness and tomorrow I will submit it. I am writing it today knowing that unless something drastically changes, I will not be here next...

Do you ever look at your current life and think, “How did we get here?”. I’m guessing you probably do. One day you and your husband are strangers flirting in the quad at college and the next minute, you’ve...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and hapless men around Charleston are sheepishly walking into Victoria's Secret looking for the sexy panties of our dreams. The less brazen are skulking through the aisles of the grocery store picking...

Some holidays are cool. St. Patrick's Day, for example, is immensely cool: Green beer, Leprechauns, bagpipes, and Guinness. Cool. July 4th is also very cool: BBQ, fireworks, and the beach. Cool. Valentine's Day, on the other hand, is definitely uncool. It's...

He wanted to know everything about me. We sat at the bar at Cantina 76 and he made me feel so special. The conversation flowed so well and he asked me so many important questions. He really seemed like...