Courtney’s Challenge this week: Pray for Your Husband Daily… This one – for me at least – sounds pretty simple. Pray for him daily. I do that already, right? I mean, besides the requisite – Lord, help him to have a good day (so he comes home in a good mood) and keep him safe (cuz his job has some dangerous aspects, and he is our provider), and help him to be the husband and father you want him to be (and YOU know...

So despite circumstances this week (read tomorrow’s post) – I really feel I need to jump into a new challenge with Courtney, from Women Living Well. If you don’t know Courtney, you should take some time to get to know her.  Courtney has been on the Rachael Ray show (seriously!) and shares a really counter-cultural life of living for her Lord – and her husband.  If you are like me, you will probably be intrigued,...

I’ll just admit right now that this is probably my BIGGEST battle in marriage, and its not a battle I fight with my husband.  It’s the battle between my ridiculous need to BE RIGHT and my heart’s desire to DO RIGHT. I don’t like being wrong – don’t like making mistakes – and certainly don’t like my opinions to go unnoticed…  When I know I’m right, I don’t always want to just...

Do you have plans for Valentines Day?  Do you ever make plans?  Does your hubby (or wife) do the planning?  Is it that big of deal to you? With the snow we’ve had this week and reshuffling of appointments and schedules every day – I haven’t really thought about Valentines Day a whole lot.  Believe it or not, I don’t want chocolate. What I really want is TIME with Roy. It shouldn’t take a commercialized holiday...

Hello Coffee Gals.  Welcome to the Queen Mommys Cafe today.  Have a piece of birthday cake with your coffee or tea this morning!  We are celebrating my husband, Roy’s 40TH birthday today!  Okay – let’s be honest – I’M celebrating – he’s not quite sure whether he can celebrate turning 40 or not. So I thought I would do a tribute of FORTY THINGS about Roy today in honor of this grand occasion! 1. He...

So I posted the pic below of my 2 girls – couldn’t help it – that’s a pretty “normal” everyday picture of them… But I couldn’t close out Wednesday without wishing MY mother (Queen Martha) a Very Happy Birthday! Curly sang to her this morning by phone – her first serenade of the day – and while my day has gradually become more complicated (Georgie’s well dr visit with shots, Roy...

So I’m late posting this – but I’m getting there! Roy had an appointment last Saturday morning so I was home with the girls.  We were going to run errands when he got home, so I wasn’t paying attention when he knocked on the door cuz I was in the middle of washing dishes. Finally, after he’d been here for several minutes saying hello to the girls, I turned and looked, and he had a GORGEOUS vase of Fall flowers for...

So every day this week has brought more to Light – not just for Roy but for me.  I should mention that several weeks ago, I sensed something was not right with Roy and began discovering traces of the problem he was having.  however – in past situations – confronting him ONLY when I was angry – well, they never worked.  So I asked my mom to begin praying with me.  She mentioned that maybe I should fast and pray and a...

So – this last week was a week to remember.  It was one of those weeks where my every desire to be a wife and mom was challenged at every front.  It was not easy.  I can admit that I did not handle all or most situations with dignity or patience or peace or tolerance.  I did a lot of yelling, a lot of crying, a lot of steaming, a lot of walking.  The walking was probably my best response, but came too little too late in many...