by Laura Sandretti | Dec 2, 2023 | Marriage
Becoming an empty nester last year wreaked havoc on my life and marriage. When our kids left, it exposed some emotional insecurities that the busyness of raising children distracted me from. Once those fears and inadequacies began to surface however, I looked to my...
by Laura Sandretti | Jun 17, 2022 | Marriage
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to iron my husband’s shirt this morning, but I had so much to do (I also think scrubbing three toilets is much easier than ironing one dress shirt). I also knew Chris had buffered time in his morning to iron it himself. He’s done that, and...
by Laura Sandretti | Dec 6, 2019 | Marriage
This morning I read an article I normally wouldn’t have read. It was titled, “One Last Ride.” The reason I wouldn’t normally have read it was because the lone comment under the article read, “Tears…” I don’t like tears. I cry easily without reading sappy articles,...
by Laura Sandretti | Sep 26, 2019 | Marriage
My son, who just started his freshman year of college, is sick. For the first time, Casey feels miserable and I’m not there. I can’t make him chicken soup and ask him the infamously dorky, question I always ask on the rare occasion when I cook from scratch, “Can you...
by Laura Sandretti | Sep 6, 2019 | Marriage
Lately, God’s been saving my marriage. Not that my marriage is failing, at-risk, or problematic, but God in His grace, wants to keep it that way. Several years ago, I began praying about how I talk to my kids. I realized I would do things like spend the only half hour...
