Our central Virginia winter was a cold one this year! Even colder than last year’s! Thankfully, Spring is upon us. Even if we still have a few chilly days, we can basically kiss Winter goodbye and look forward to the beauty of Spring and Summer. I’m sure once the July heat hits us, I’ll miss cozy snow days; but, for now, I’m happy to dream of the beach and take long, pleasant walks! As we welcome Spring, here are ten experiences we can seek out and check off our lists this year. Here’s to enjoying life with our sweeties and basking in the beauty of God’s creation! Spring is here! The … [Read more...]

While this topic may not seem to fit into our typical pre-engagement audience, it may be an issue which could affect your relationship if you choose to get married. Working from home changes the dynamic of home life and can (read: will) affect your relationship with your future spouse. It may improve your relationship, or it may not; but, either way, it is a good idea to consider the following points before you make the decision to trade your work clothes for PJs and a laptop! Your work is never done and you never “come home” from work. This may be more of a female problem than a male … [Read more...]

“Tell your sister you’re sorry!” “Make sure you apologize when you bump into someone.” “If you don’t finish your vegetables, you’ll be sorry!” For as long as we can remember, we've been apologizing. Some of us apologize for everything. I tend to apologize when someone bumps into me– as if I’m expressing my regret at being in his or her way. Others are very slow to offer an apology, weighing out the facts, analyzing the situation, and only throwing out an admission of guilt if it is deserved. Something as ingrained in our character as saying, “I’m sorry,” should come naturally to … [Read more...]

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’  As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” (James 4:13-17, ESV) We can get a lot out of the passage above. If you don’t do what you know is right, … [Read more...]