Husband + Wife = New Parents

October 18, 2018

“Can you believe we are parents?” I say to my husband Bernard as I feed our son. We knew he was coming; we prepared for this for nine months; still, holding our son, being parents, it is surreal. Pre-Baby Before... Continue reading →

Annual Anniversary Questionnaire

September 13, 2018

Yesterday, my husband Bernard and I celebrated our third year of marriage. Those three years feel as though they have flown by, and it is crazy that now we anxiously await the arrival of our son. I love being married.... Continue reading →

Shout Out to All the Baby Daddies

September 6, 2018

Each night he makes me a cup of tea. The other night he stopped me from doing it, “I’ll make you your tea” he said jumping up from the chair. I looked at him curiously, wondering why the impulse to... Continue reading →

Speak Up and No Guessing

June 7, 2018

” Ab, I know you are mad about something – just tell me what it is that is bothering you,” My husband Bernard said to me one night when I was being overly quiet and giving short responses – a... Continue reading →

A Baby Announcement

April 5, 2018

Some moments occur in your life when you feel like everything has shifted. A shift that changes you, where you know the next day when you wake up nothing will ever be the same. Sometimes these shifts happen when something... Continue reading →

Revisiting the No Nuclear Weapons Rule

March 28, 2018

On Easter, last year my husband Bernard and I had a horrible fight. I know, of all holidays on which to have a blow-up fight Easter seems like an odd choice but it cannot always be helped when such escalations... Continue reading →

A Valentine’s Day Reminder

February 21, 2018

On Valentine’s Day, my husband Bernard surprised me by having a dozen red roses sent to my work. Their aromatic smell and emanating beauty gathered many compliments from co-workers passing by my cubicle. One woman stopped to remark on how... Continue reading →

The Vows We Take

December 14, 2017

I have recently thought a lot about the idea and significance behind wedding vows. A vow is a formal and sincere declaration made from one person to another (or group of people) where the person commits to an action, role,... Continue reading →

Can your Spouse be both a Consort and a Comrade?

November 17, 2017

Should your spouse be your best friend? It is a topic that I have noticed popping up lately. Although I have an opinion on this matter, I wanted to examine other people’s views to see if I aligned. Upon reading... Continue reading →

When You Have a Bad Day

October 18, 2017

I had a bad day last week. It started with me reading the news, followed by me looking at social media – another crisis had occurred for everyone to fight over; then it seemed like everything else throughout my day... Continue reading →

Pearls of Prudence

Marriage