Welcome back to one of our most popular guest posters:Â wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey. I just got married for the thirteenth time. I’m hoping it’s a lucky number for myself, the bride, and groom. You see, I’m a wedding celebrant and for two years I’ve been marrying couples from […]
You might remember wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey from this cool post about buying locally-made Christmas presents. We’re lucky to have her back with some reflections on being single. Please make her welcome in the comments below! I’m 26 and single and this has many great perks. I’ve learnt […]
On the Thursday night of the first Easter week, an unnamed woman had a dream about Jesus: While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night, I suffered much on account of him.” Matthew 27:19 […]
Our son, SBJ, is two now, and we are still a co-sleeping family, though he now theoretically has his own bedroom. I’m mulling an update on how that is working, but in the meantime, I thought I’d just collect the occasional posts I’ve written over the last couple of years, now with pretty pictures! Click […]
Stuck at the traffic lights? Is your honey at your side? Have a kiss. Every time! That’s a micro-tip, but the much more serious and important point it’s part of is this: take every opportunity for a positive, loving interaction. Small is fine. A recent study found that couples in thriving marriages have at least […]
For today’s post I have a special guest writing team with some profound things to say. Jon and Jannine are old friends of mine and the parents of Caitlin (3) and Isobella (11 months) – aren’t these girls delightful? Jannine and Jon have been married for 14 years, and are currently the pastoral care directors […]
Are you ‘courting’? ‘Going steady,’ as they said on Happy Days? Or my favourite early-twentieth-century ‘walking out together’? Yay! Enjoy it! What a very pleasant time of life, whatever you call it. The best piece of advice I have for you – just on the off-chance that you are in the market for some, and […]
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrr! That means it is also our wedding anniversary. Huzzah! Here are the words we used to make our marriage four years ago: Will you take T, in marriage, to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and protect her, And forsaking all others, […]
Trigger warning for discussion of rape and child marriage. The tragic, terrible death of an eight-year-old Yemeni girl made international news this week. You might have read reports that a little girl died from injuries she received during wedding-night intercourse with a 40-year-old man who had just married her. Coming from a much more fortunate […]
Here’s a tiny thing I do that helps my marriage, most days of the year. My WordPress and Facebook passwords are based on sentences that remind me of how much I love my husband and our commitment to each other. Some long-lost clever article introduced me to a handy way of making up multiple, ‘strong’ […]