How to Have a Marriage Without Regret

I am a conservative.  I am sure that any regular readers of this blog are already thinking “tell me something I don’t already know!” But I say this because, I feel that as of late I have come to be a little more conservative than I have ever been. I’m not talking politics, or social…

Why Our Marriage Works

If you spend much time around Brian and me, you know that we have a passion for seeing young couples succeed in marriage – especially engaged couples.  This is due in large part to the fact that our engagement period was a critical time of preparation that we believe rooted our marriage in a firm…

How I Met My Husband

On Friday, April 30, 2010 we will celebrate 5 years of marriage.  This is a big milestone for us and we are so excited.  I have a few stories I want to tell as a follow on to the How I Met My Husband series, so to set the stage, I am reposting the series…

The Adoption Dress – The Blessings and Spirit of Adoption

Adoption has been a “buzz word” in my life lately. I have two good friends at church who recently became adoptive parents and I have another good friend who was sharing some stories with me about her work at a local adoption agency.  Because I have a heart for missions, I have often thought through…

My Me-Maw

My grandmother, “Me-Maw”, passed away Sunday December 20 around 4:30 pm.  She was 80 years old.  A few weeks ago my mother admitted her to the hospital in Memphis because she was in so much pain.  She had Parkinsons and Dementia, but she also had a disease called Neuropathy which no one knows a whole…

True Religion

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27 Ive been thinking alot about this verse this week.  On Sunday night I got a call from my mother in Memphis that my grandmother (memaw)…

How I Met My Husband, Part 4 – The End

Before I found the rainbow in the mailbox and again in the sky, I had spent a great deal of time praying about things. I prayed some very specific prayers for Brian while he was on his trip to Florida. I prayed that he would sit by a christian on the plane who would talk…

How I Met My Husband, Part 3

“I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the…

How I Met My Husband, Part 2

After leaving you all in suspense for 24 hours, I have to share with you that Brian really wants to tell “his side” of how we met! He doesn’t have time to do it right now, but stay tuned as I imagine he will be writing from his perspective soon. 🙂 If anyone is ashamed…

How I Met My Husband

In honor of Brian’s and my upcoming 4 year wedding anniversary on April 30, 2009, I have decided to honor our life together by sharing our personal love story here on My Living Canvas. I promise this wont be sappy. We both decided earlier this year that our relationship is an amazing God story and…