Category: Love and Marriage
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A Tale of Two Rings: 19 Years and Counting
Nineteen years of marriage. Two wedding rings. Lots of love.
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On Showing Up
As a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis, Alex did a 150 mile bike ride at the beginning of May. The race is split over two days–80 miles the first day, 70 the second. After fighting through a broken gear box and finishing the first 70 miles using only two gears, he came home late on Saturday,…
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My Silver Fox
Alex’s hair is getting a little gray. It’s a wonder he still has a thick head of hair at all, considering his maternal uncle and grandfather are as bald as a baby’s backside. Every once and awhile, I’ll get a glimpse of his gray hair and it reminds me how long we have been together,…
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A Plague Be Upon Us
Captains Log, 12/23/2019 A plague lurks here. It all started back in October, ye see, my old man and I tried to take a weekend trip to Kentucky and the weather delayed our vessel so long that we had to cancel. Then, ye see, we had plans to meet halfway between this here homestead and…
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Finders Keepers
“What color is the bag?” asked the man behind the counter. I thought for a moment. “It’s white, black, neon purple, green, and orange squiggles. Soft-sided, like a duffel bag” He blinked at me. I blinked back. He raised his eyebrows and muttered Okay. I’d been at DFW airport all day and had gone literally nowhere,…
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This is 12
Twelve years ago this month, Alex and I stood, hand in hand, and promised to love each other for the rest of our lives in front of 100 sweaty friends and family members. We were 21. We were babies. We thought we knew everything. We did not. I think that when we made our vows,…
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He Feels Like Home
This probably sounds like no big deal to most, but a few weeks ago, I was invited to a girl’s night that started at 7:30pm. For someone who is usually in bed by 9:30, this was a risk but I was prepared to take it. I made a ginormous fruit salad (for a girl’s night…
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Pooping in a Parking Lot and Other Adventures in Marriage
Alex and I have been married for 7 years today. We were basically babies when we got hitched, the first newlyweds of our college friends. Our family and buddies piled into the Dallas Women’s Forum off Ross Avenue on a very hot day in August, with just a few air conditioner units. Everybody was very…
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All the Single Ladies: An Open Letter
Dear single friends- I know. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I got married when I was basically a toddler and what on earth could I possibly know about being single and I should just shut up already. Well, joke’s on you, because I have 21 years experience of being relationship-obsessed and a…
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It’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Up in Here
Well, we got rid of Netflix. A few weeks ago, I was the subject of a brutal three-inquisitor questioning over why we don’t have cable. I had actually convinced my IT guy for a minute that we didn’t even have internet, but I told him the truth once I felt that he was ready to follow me…