Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

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I love being married. I get to hang out with my husband–my best friend–every single day. I see him every morning, every evening, every weekend.

After more than fifteen years of marriage, though, it’s easy to let the routine become routine. I’m not saying we don’t enjoy being together. We just tend to take it for granted. When we do realize that we haven’t been out on a date in awhile, usually all we can think of on short notice is to go out to eat, or sometimes to a movie. It’s nice, but that kind of routine date doesn’t necessarily create lasting memories.

The dates that I remember the most, and that I think we ought to shoot for more often, are the quirky ones. Conveniently, they also tend to be the least expensive (sometimes they’re even free!).

So, without further ado, these are a few of my favorite dates:

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I’m so happy to have been invited to be a writer for Weekend Kindness. The invitation came at just the right time, since I recently decided to stop updating my regular blog (you can search the archives at For Better, For Worse, For Life).

I am a freelance writer and editor; I teach high school English at a University Model School; and I am in my eighth happy year of home schooling my two lovely daughters.

I’ve been married to my dear husband, Pete, for just over fifteen years, though it’s amazing how new it still seems sometimes. He’s a rocket scientist (yes, really), though we’re praying that somehow, someday, he’ll get to move permanently into vocational ministry. We’d like to put that MDiv degree to use–hey, it took him seven years to earn it!

As you can guess from the title of my own blog, my main focus in nonfiction writing is marriage. Sometimes I write about anecdotes from my own life with Fabulous Pete; sometimes I share a quote about marriage that I either agree or disagree with; sometimes I comment about marriage in today’s society–particularly the sad state of marriage among Evangelical Christians.

I am honored to join these other writers at Weekend Kindness, and I hope to make fun, encouraging, thought-provoking contributions to the site.