We’ve all seen the movie (only around fifty million times during his last trip). A chance encounter. A twist of fate. A stolen kiss. And they fall instantly, deeply, madly in love on the Carolina beaches beneath a breathtaking sunset. They spend two romantic, whirlwind weeks of sheer bliss together before she heads back home to […]
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October is upon us, friends! It’s hard to believe we’re rolling down the backside of yet another year and gaining momentum with a terrifying quickness. Every year time seems to pass faster and faster until it all has become a colorful blur. One minute you’re staring at your 4-year-old daughter throwing a red-faced tantrum in
Imagine this… Your husband is on a trip. You are running low on milk and bread, so you wrestle your squealing toddler into his pants (no easy feat!), buckle the baby into the car seat, and head to the market for a quick shopping expedition. It’s been a week already, but you reeeeeeally need that
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We all know that the pilot wife life at its worst can be chaos, but at its best it’s… Eh, who am I kidding? At its best it’s still chaos! Sometimes it’s good chaos and sometimes… well, let’s just go with not so good. But it’s our chaos and we own it, rise above it,
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Today I am praying for trust. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this beautiful day upon which we open our eyes. Today may our spirits be renewed and our weariness be lifted. Trust is a huge topic in the aviation community. It takes a lot of trust to be apart and live two separate but
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I’m always buying random books on marriage when I run across them. I do this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I am an admitted book hoarder. My loving husband designed me a beautiful built-in bookshelf that sits adjacent to my office. It is filled to the brim with books I’ve read, books I want
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My best friend in the whole entire world…is Jewish. She’s my rock. When I am having a hard time, am ill, feel lonely, and sometimes just because…she prays for me. And I am not offended. My family is part of a youth organization that meets at a Catholic Church. We are not Catholic. The members
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I recently sat across the table from another woman over a dinner of sub-par pizza at a unexceptional restaurant. We attempted to have some semblance of a conversation despite the persistent din of her young children, who apparently found our attempts at female fellowship dull, at best. It was my first time meeting her, and
“Can you talk to the kids tonight?” That was my text to him. His response was a simple, “Give me 45?” And then? Radio silence. Well not totally… There was an accidental phone call from the pizza joint asking me where I wanted ‘my’ pizza delivered. Except it was his and they somehow had my phone number. And
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