Category: marriage
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS VS REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS
It’s a couple days away from Valentine’s Day and I had the occasion to speak with one of my sister-friends who has Great Expectations for the day. She is a hopeless romantic and therefore would like for her husband to pull out all the stops plus the ‘red carpet’, in celebrating her and the day. She has…
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PARTNERS
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (Ecclesiastes 4:9) Today I am grateful. Grateful that I have mobility. Grateful that my six senses are working. Grateful that I live in a beautiful corner of God’s creation called Anguilla. An uneasiness that I felt after returning from a trip…
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IT’S TIME TO HUDDLE!
“When yuh see yuh neighbour house on fire wet yours”. “Who have cocoa in the sun should look fuh de rain”. These are sayings that my mom would repeat if we as children would come home with a story about someone else. She was not one to encourage discussions (gossip) about other people, nor would she talk about…
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I’M NOT GIVING UP!
“It’s not over ’til the fat lady sings” My version of that saying is that ‘it’s not over until God says it’s over’. To be honest, holding on to anything (a marriage, family, friendships, dreams and expectations) can be excruciating especially when everything that you see (sense) signals that it’s not worth it. IT being…