Imperfect Wives Category

Are you your husband’s mistress?

My husband says that I can make a friend anywhere. If I am in a restaurant and I excuse myself to go to the restroom, I always come back with a friend to introduced to him or at the least I will be able to tell him her life story. Yesterday, while shopping in the shoe […]

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Gathering God’s Treasures…How to create holiday memories that last a lifetime

She [Mary] treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19 Tree cutting, putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, BIG family gatherings, holiday baking, presents, Christmas Eve service, reading the story of Jesus. What are your favorite holiday memories? How do you create memories for your family? She [Mary] […]

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Putting the Happy back into the Holidays…3 steps to staying fully present

“Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing…. Through all that haste […]

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Barbie or Wonder Woman…what do men really want?

Last week on the Imperfect Wives LIVE show we had a great discussion about Knights and Kings – what makes a woman feel security in her marriage. This week, we felt we owed it to our men to talk about what they want in a relationship. Here are my reflections on this week’s show. What […]

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Who did you marry – A Knight or a King?

In her book, Wander Women: Guidance for the goal-driven woman, Marcia Reynolds, Psy, D. identifies how women choose a partner. Reynolds says that women will either prefer an emotional secure man (The Knight) or a financial secure man (The King). I would say that most woman I know prefer both. But what really makes women […]

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When Husbands Don’t Lead

I was honored to be a guest with Cherie Zack on the Imperfect Wives Radio Show today. Our topic: Husbands that don’t lead. Cherie tells me that this question is at the top of the list for the women who listen to her show and visit her Facebook page. I thought I would share some […]

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Do you wear the shoes of peace or do you wear combat boots – Part 2

In last week’s Imperfect Wives radio show, Cherie asked me if I could give a personal illustration of when I had chosen to wear combat boots instead of shoes of peace. I didn’t have to reach too far back in my memory for a story of my husband and I in line at a Seattle […]

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Do you wear the shoes of peace or do you wear combat boots?

Sometimes, I find myself igniting conversation only for the personal sake of proving my point. Righteous or justice driven it doesn’t matter, I want my point to be made and my voice to be heard. I believe my words will be more powerful than my silence. But somehow, that never turns out to be the […]

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