Finding harmony in family, finance & military life

Years and years ago I was listening to a speaker on the radio tell a little story about her life. That story has stuck with me all these years and I have recently seen bits of it showing in my own life. It was a very good story about the relationship between her husband and her daughter it was also a story about the relationship between her husband and herself. I wish I could remember the name of this speaker but I was so young when I heard the story that I really have no idea who she was. I am going to share that story or at least the way I interpreted that story with you. This woman had a loving husband and a toddler daughter. She loved her husband very much but had noticed some of the spark was gone, their life had become routine. It was a comfortable routine nothing wrong with it so she had nothing to complain about. Now her darling young daughter was a daddy's girl. She had her daddy wrapped around her pinky finger just like so many darling, dimpled baby girls do. Every ev...

I am sure you have heard the saying "The mom sets the mood of the house" right? I think most people have. I heard it long before I was ever a mom, long before I was ever a wife actually and have found it to be very true. If you are happy, cheerful and kind the rest of the family is sure to follow. I remember a time in our marriage actually right at the beginning of it when Brent and I were really struggling. I made up my mind not to give up but he was still not so sure we would make it. Thinking about that saying I decided I wanted a loving marriage attitude and made a point to tell Brent I loved him every day no matter what. At first he thought I was just a little crazier then he had thought the day previous but after awhile he started to say I love you back. It did not fix our marriage overnight by just saying those three words but it did help set us on the right path. It is a path we are still walking on today. The path to a perfect marriage is one where it is the journ...