I was not raised with an example of a faith-founded marriage. It was something I chose for myself. I discovered my faith at a fairly young age and my parents didn’t discourage me in my own personal faith walk. I feel blessed that God chose to put it on my heart to trust in Him in finding a spouse and… Read more »
First of all, let me just say that I do not claim to be a marriage expert. But I do have strong views about how being intentional in marriage can benefit any relationship. Because I’ve lived it…this is how I purposefully construct my marriage with Wildland Man. But I certainly won’t lie to you and tell you that what we have… Read more »
This post was originally published on April 16, 2018 and republished on May 17, 2021. Wildland Man and I’ve been struggling with infertility for a few years now. I suppose this journey we’re on authorizes me to speak to the toll infertility can take on a marriage. Because infertility is definitely a couples’ thing. When you are trying for a… Read more »
If you participated in last year’s Wife on Fire Challenge, then you have a pretty good idea of what it means to be a Wife on Fire. And if you’ve been following along here on the blog for any length of time recently, then you know how passionate I am about intentional marriage and making the effort when it comes to… Read more »
What does it mean to be a Wife on Fire? Well, for a much, much deeper meaning behind the meaning of a Wife on Fire, you may want to check out last year’s post. Let’s just say I got a little dictionary happy. 🙂 However, here we are kicking off our second annual Wife on Fire Challenge and I think… Read more »
How do you reignite the passion in your marriage? With all that Wildland Man and I’ve been through lately, I can sometimes feel like the passionate love that brought us together is a bit lacking. Now, don’t get me wrong, my love hasn’t faded, in fact I’d say it’s definitely grown deeper over the years. And in the trial of… Read more »
Ok, y’all, in the interest of being fully transparent, I have to admit to you that this week’s post was a hard one to get up on the blog. Not because it needed extra creativity or photo and graphic work done. Not because it was emotionally draining to put into words. Not because the topic was super technical or difficult… Read more »
These past few weeks here at Country Wife Chronicles have been all about marriage. Strengthening Your Marriage, specifically. Strengthening Your Marriage Series: Five Ways to Reconnect Strengthening Your Marriage Series: Five More Ways to Reconnect Today, I’m super excited to be able to share a little resource with you that I’ve created. I’m sharing a template for a DIY Marriage Retreat designed to… Read more »
One thing I know for sure. Our marriage is nothing, if not intentional. Day in and day out, we choose to make it a priority. Even on the days I really don’t want to. Even on the days I’d rather just be lazy about it. Wildland Man and I decided early on in our relationship that marriage would take work… Read more »
The next few weeks here at Country Wife Chronicles are all about marriage. I decided to write a whole series on “Strengthening Your Marriage.” Not because I’m an expert or anything. Not because I know all there is to know about marriage. Not because Wildland Man and I have endured the deepest of depths in a lifelong marriage. No, I’m not… Read more »