Life on Wild Hare Farm | Pursing holiness with constantly dirty feet ~ Thurston County, Washington
Life on Wild Hare Farm | Pursing holiness with constantly dirty feet ~ Thurston County, Washington
Description: "In the sweetness of life, let there be laughter, because in the dew of little things the heart finds its joy."
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Earlier this year, my husband and I were honored to be asked to be a sort of mentor couple for friends who were engaged. We’d meet twice a month, and they’d ask us whatever they wanted about marriage and family life. Most of the time, these sessions made me feel pretty good about our marriage. Then the couple asked us how we handled conflict in marriage. My husband’s immediate response was that “we don’t.”I was shocked, embarrassed, and confused. But as my husband explained his response, I realized he was r
Earlier in my marriage, when my husband and I disagreed, I would shut down at the first show of anger and then avoid him for hours. He was used to parents who fought loudly; I was not. Because I was so quick to shut down, we very rarely argued, but we also never resolved our problems. I didn’t understand that raised voices were a normal part of my husband’s conflict style; he didn’t realize he was scaring me. Arguments don’t necessarily lead to resolutions, but if each spouse knows how the other fights, you
Life on Wild Hare Farm | Pursing holiness with constantly dirty feet ~ Thurston County, Washington
Life on Wild Hare Farm | Pursing holiness with constantly dirty feet ~ Thurston County, Washington