couple I know. Somebody actually said that to me the other day! (wow!) I think they thought they were being funny but I felt like that was a little bit rude. Lee and I are very different in a lot of ways. I am more educated than he is–he struggled with school. I am more [...]
I haven’t participated in Marriage Monday for a long while. Today, she asks us to think of ourselves as a unique daughter of God and share with this format. I am….. feeling inadequate. I want….. to get the house/finances organized. I have….. too much stuff! I wish….. Lee could make money by always staying [...]
I was thinking today that for all the writing and praying I’ve done about my marriage, I’m definitely not the expert. Please don’t think I am! Lately, I pretty much feel like the failure on that topic–if I’m going to be honest with you. I think that no matter how honest I was with myself, [...]
13 years
Over the past few weeks, we’ve had some reminders that we have not lived together for a long time! I found a grill for Lee that I wanted to get for Father’s Day. I distinctly said to James, “Dad doesn’t care what type of grill.” So, we decided on a gas grill. Lee adamantly let [...]
Lee and I have been seeing a counselor together for the past several months. This is part of the counseling I had to take (per the PO’s “request”) a couple years ago. Actually it’s been good. He helps us work through issues while we get used to living together again. He’s equal opportunity though. He [...]
Lee has temporary work this week helping a contractor roof. We’re very thankful for that. Although it’s hard for him to work full days of such hard labor when he’s been out of work for 4 months! He’s had a few interviews and a couple call backs. So still waiting on that front. Yesterday, he [...]
When Lee was “away”, I didn’t sleep well. I spoke with a widow at church and she said she still doesn’t sleep well. I don’t know why–you’d think I’d have learned how to sleep alone after all those years. I started staying up late just so I didn’t have to think about Lee being gone. [...]
Last night, I was up late watching election returns. It got pretty late and I decided to just go to bed and see what happened in the morning. I sat forward on the couch ready to get up and turn off the TV. I spied Lee’s shoes underneath the coffee table. I started to feel [...]
I haven’t posted on our adjustment process. I think that we needed to actually adjust before I could blog about it. At first it was very surreal and exciting. We were so thankful and spent a LOT of time together. We canceled almost everything planned and just stayed home together. Sometimes the realization that we [...]
