My husband is my hero. Now before you turn to the side and gag, let me tell you why. My husband loves God. He is fully devoted to knowing, loving and living out the ways of Jesus in his day to day life. This means that he strives to love me as much as he…
Category: Marriage
Praying for Your Marriage
This week in the “Women Living Well” marriage challenge, we are intentionally and more proactively praying for our husbands. Courtney (the blog’s author) is encouraging us to pray through the topics listed in the book “Power of a Praying Wife.” As I have mentioned previously on my blog, I have found that praying through that…
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…
Stepping Heavenward, Cupcake Wars and the Next Food Network Star
So my silence pays tribute to these three… Stepping Heavenward, Cupcake Wars, and the Next Food Network Star. What can I say? Summertime has come upon me, a time when I only think of reading pool-side and fine dining table-side. I am embarrassed to say that I was unaware of Cupcake Wars until watching the…
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…
Top Posts of 2009
In the week of reflection, today I am taking a moment to review some of the most popular blog posts of the year here at My Living Canvas. I always find it interesting to take a look at what people are most interested in reading about on my blog and I think the stats are…
A Splash of Brightness at My Living Canvas
I have finally come to grips with a reality I have long fought to admit: I can only keep up with one blog! If I didn’t have a full-time job I might be able to better manage my multi-tasking blogging capabilities but I confess that for now this blog will have to be it. It…
The Bright Side of Staying Home on Labor Day: Staycation!
{Repost from My Daily Bright Side blog from September 2009} This weekend Brian and I decided to unplug and have a good ole fashioned staycation. If you are unfamiliar with the staycation, this is when you stay at home during a time others typically go on vacation and treat the city in which you live…
The Bright Side of Home Improvement
{Re-post from my Daily Bright Side Blog} Whew! What a hectic weekend! We were in home improvement mode on Friday and Saturday and managed to have 3 new appliances installed, a new stove hood installed, a new wood panel on the window between the kitchen and living area to hide the new hood, some sawing…