Archive | October, 2009

Music = Intimacy

For many husbands and wives, simply thinking about SI (spiritual intimacy) will start beads of sweat trickling down their foreheads.  The next thing you know they’re wiping the palms of their hands on the sides of their jeans, experiencing heart palpitations, tightness in the chest, and gastrointestinal distress.  Oh no, we need to experience this [...]

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Normal Like Me

I experienced a huge dose of reality after returning from our honeymoon and immersing ourselves into the daily routines of married life. I discovered my husband is weird.  He did not like the brussel sprouts and broccoli I prepared for dinner, especially combined together.  My family loves this combination of vegetables covered in buttered bread crumbs [...]

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Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light

Last week there was a major decision to make with my husband that was plopped in our laps at the last minute.  I am not a last minute person.  I have to pray and have a sense of peace.  Discomfort about a decision gets the best of me because I’m unable to sleep.  It’s as [...]

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To The Moon!

A friend recently sent me a clip from a show that ran from the 1950′s through the 1970′s called the Honeymooners.  It starred Jackie Gleason and Sheila MacRae who played the characters of Ralph and Alice Kramden, a couple living in Brooklyn, NewYork in a small apartment, trying to make ends meet. I watched an [...]

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