“Happy Birthday!” Have you ever noticed how people respond to you when it is your birthday? Isn’t it great?!? People come out of the woodwork to give you gifts, they are kinder to you, and they give you a lot more grace than they normally would give you... it’s wonderful... after all, it’s your birthday. Have you ever had someone, on his or her birthday, serve you? I have.... The event occurred many years ago when I was in high school. I was with my church high school youth group and we were at the house of the guy whose birthday it was. After he cut the cake, he served the cake to everyone … [Read more...]
Juice Your Relationship
Since early in our marriage, Eric and I have felt a need to improve our health, specifically in the area of eating. Unfortunately between school, work, and other obligations, we often settled for easy, processed convenience foods. After a long day at work, followed by a long night of counseling, our food source could be summed up in one word... Wendy's. Most nights after counseling couples, we would go through a drive thru, come home, plop in front of the television, and eat our meal. Most nights, we plopped in front of the television with our Wendy's dollar menu feast. Needless to say, we … [Read more...]