Some of My Favourite Things
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving today! We’ve had Katie, our youngest, home with us all weekend, and today my husband and I (and our nephew) are driving Katie back to school, where we’re going to join my oldest daughter and my son-in-law for Thanksgiving dinner. Rebecca’s putting the turkey in the oven, and then we’re cooking the rest of it together when I get there!
I’m also a little bit under the weather–I’m fighting a cold.
So I thought that today instead of writing a long post I’d share some of my favourite things I’ve found around the web recently–including one that I wrote! So here goes:
Your Husband Can’t Make You Happy
I’ve got an article up at Today’s Christian Woman on how God didn’t design your husband to make you happy–although you can have a VERY happy marriage!
I explain the difference here.
The Case for Marrying Young
Later this week I’ll be sharing the story of a very good friend of mine who got married LATER in life. But I read this article and I thought her case for marrying young was really interesting.
Personally, I don’t think we should set an age for marrying–I think we should follow after God and let Him lead. Here’s a graphic I created that sums up my philosophy:
But because I think it should be up to God I also think that we shouldn’t badmouth young marriages so much.
So I really liked this article from The Atlantic. Here’s what the author is saying (in my own words):
We often think of marriage like a “capstone”, that crowning glory of your adulthood that is the pinnacle of growing up. You do all of this stuff first, and then you get married to cap it all off. But what if marriage is more like a “cornerstone”, that foundation so that you marry and then you grow together?
I like that way of thinking about it.
Read it here.
15 Tips to Make Parenting Easier
Sarah Titus shared a post recently to her 15 favourite tips to make parenting easier. I was delighted to have been included in it! And I really like her round-up–it covers everything from how to stop your kids whining to how to stop yelling to how to handle kids when they’re bored.
A Commercial That Made Me Cry
This has been making the rounds on Facebook, but is it ever sweet! I love it. It’s been a long time since a commercial made me tear up:
Fish Don’t Have Fingernails–My Thoughts on Abortion
I’ve been going through some older posts lately and I found this one I wrote on abortion a few years ago. It still means a lot to me.
We were pressured to abort our son who had the heart defect (he passed away as a baby). I’ve always been so grateful that we didn’t. We got to be his parents, and we got to grieve in the open, and it was tragic but it was just LIFE. I can’t imagine how much sadder an abortion would have been, with all the “what if” questions.
I’m Heading Off to Be with My Whole Family!
And I’m happy. Some of these articles have been heavy that I’ve shared–sorry about that. But I’m so excited to be with my whole family again! It’s been six weeks since we’ve all been together, so today is a blessing.
I hope you all enjoy your day, too–even if it’s just a normal Monday.
Be blessed!
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