In the era of participation trophies, competition is slowly becoming extinct. Field day used to be a day of striving to win ribbons, but now everyone goes home a winner. But I don’t want my kids to always win. In fact, sometimes I want them to lose…
What if you could only choose ONE trait in a person who was going to marry one of your children – ONE trait that would be most important above all others. What would you choose? Our answer may surprise you…
When I had my first child, I was given all of the congratulatory remarks that you would expect when you have a baby, and people were genuinely happy for me. However, no one marveled at the fact that I had that child. No one treated me like I had accomplished something amazing. Having one child, though wonderful, was not necessarily remarkable. It did not make me special…
The Bachelor, Colton Underwood, has been very widely criticized for his virginity, with people using it as the reason that he couldn’t possibly be ready to get married. One woman used “cupcakes” as a euphemism for his virginity, saying that someone surely must sample many cupcakes before they could ever be ready for marriage. Let’s evaluate this logic…
Read about how I came to discover my favorite alternative to diamond jewelry and why you will love it too.
