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 family, it doesn’t matter if the infertility can be pinpointed to one individual or not, the process of being able to conceive and carry your own child is something you deal with together.

Continue reading Marriage & Infertility at Country Wife Chronicles.

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Married by 25, check. Ready to start a family by 30, check-check. Done growing my family by 35…No check mark. Not even close. I was 36 and still not pregnant.

It seemed like everything I had planned for was falling apart.

Continue reading (in)Fertility: All-In at Country Wife Chronicles.

This blog post has been a long time coming. I’ve been bouncing the words around in my head for several weeks now, grappling with how to get my thoughts into readable form.

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around the blog for a while. In fact, I’ve been absent from Country Wife Chronicles for almost a month now.

And while I’ll spare you all the details of exactly how I got here, I will share with you that this was not my original intention for September’s blog posts on CWC.

Continue reading A Season of Rest at Country Wife Chronicles.

Hello my friends!

I just want to start this beautiful Monday by saying, “Thank you for being here!”

I know that this Streams in the Wasteland talk has been going on and on it seems, and it has kinda taken forever to get here. But we’ve made it, Streams in the Wasteland: 31 Days of Devotions for Finding Hope in Hardship is finally available for downloading!

Continue reading Get your copy of Streams in the Wasteland! at Country Wife Chronicles.

Well, I feel like the book launch is officially underway…because Streams in the Wasteland will be available for downloading later this week!

This whole idea of me writing an eBook is still a bit crazy to me…I mean, I wrote a devotional, y’all.

As I was working through Streams in the Wasteland, I realized that some companion resources could be really helpful for your devotional time.

Continue reading Streams in the Wasteland: Companion Resources at Country Wife Chronicles.

All right, y’all…how many of you plan to download and read Streams in the Wasteland?

I hope to get Steams in the Wasteland in all your hands very soon and I just wanted to take a moment to remind you that this little devotional eBook will be FREE for the taking! All you need to do is sign up at the end of this blog post and I’ll be sending Streams in the Wasteland straight to your email inbox once it is ripe for the picking!

Continue reading Streams in the Wasteland: A New Thing! at Country Wife Chronicles.

Streams in the Wasteland is comprised of two stories…two very different stories.

There’s Graci’s story: a battle with ovarian cancer.

And then there’s mine: a valley of infertility.

The common ground we share in our two stories is our faith, our hope in the hardship.

I wrote Streams in the Wasteland to honor Graci’s life and share her story with more women around the world.

Continue reading Streams in the Wasteland: Why Did I Write this Devotional? at Country Wife Chronicles.

Last week I shared with you the exciting news that is my latest creation, Streams in the Wasteland—my first “official” devotional eBook!

Streams in the Wasteland is a 31-day devotional aimed at finding hope in the hardships of life. With the intertwining of two deeply personal stories of hardship and heartache, one of a battle with ovarian cancer, another with infertility; this devotion explores searching for hope on the dark days.

Continue reading Streams in the Wasteland: An Introduction {Graci’s Story} at Country Wife Chronicles.

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 an expert. Or a counselor. I certainly don’t know it all, because I’m constantly trying to figure it out.

Continue reading Strengthening Your Marriage: 5 Ways to Reconnect at Country Wife Chronicles.

In my original post, “Taking Back the Sabbath,” I shared how establishing boundaries in my life that included guarding the Sabbath as a holy and restful experience was a critical factor in my shift to slow down.   I spoke of my struggles to balance work and home life and suggested 5 tips to help you take back the Sabbath in your home.

Today I’m sharing 5 more tips with you that I hope you will find helpful and inspiring when it comes to taking back the Sabbath in your own life.

Continue reading 5 More Tips for Taking Back the Sabbath at Country Wife Chronicles.