by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 26, 2012 | Faith, Family, Fellowship
As difficult as it may be to form a personal purpose statement…and then a purpose statement for your marriage…I do maintain that the work is worth it. I have seen the benefits to both. They are important. One thing I have tried to do several times,...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 24, 2012 | Faith, Family
My husband and I are homebodies. We love, love, love to be at home. There are few things we like more than getting food from somewhere (because – duh – I don’t have to cook) and watching a movie curled up on the couch. We are content living in our...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 24, 2012 | Faith, Family
Yesterday we broke the ice on the idea of balance within a marriage, and today I’d like to get right into why this is so important. As I mentioned, more is at stake when a marriage settles for imbalance than when an individual does so. I believe that because...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 23, 2012 | Faith, Family
I’m a little surprised at myself. I’ve spent twenty-two days now (!!!) writing on living a balanced life PERSONALLY – as an individual – and I don’t think I have really even touched on the idea of living a balanced life IN COMMUNITY. As...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 19, 2012 | Faith, Family
I first heard the term soon after I began college. It wasn’t mentioned among my peers, per se, but more from our advisors…the teachers of our freshman orientation classes. We certainly made reference to it, even if we never used the actual word. Helicopter...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 15, 2012 | Faith, Family
Can I confess something? Before I became a mother, I was a terrible judge of others’ mothering. I mean that in both ways it could be read: 1)I was bad about judging how mothers did things with their kids. 2)I was not a very good judge of what I saw. I cringe to look...
