Celebrating March 1 with Ray
Forty-nine years ago today, Ray and I had our first date. We took these pictures a few days later . . . . . . and these a few days after that. Ray and I were married almost ten months…
Category Marriages That Last
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mamas! As we grow and mature as Christians, Valentine’s Day becomes more meaningful than just a holiday for “me and my own true love.” We learn more of what it means that God is love and that…
Daily Decisions
On this day forty-eight years ago, I made one of the best decisions I have ever made. I married Ray Notgrass. I had been twenty-one years old for twenty-five days and a college graduate for seven. I was not old…
Marriage is Hard Work and Fun!
Marriage is hard work. Just ask Ray — and me. Marriage is also worth it. You can ask Ray and me again. We agree about that, too. Sometimes it takes months or years or decades to figure out how to…
Every Little Thing
Recently, as Ray and I bustled to get ready for the day, I walked by as he stood with two little prep bowls and our bottles of supplements. Every morning he opens those bottles and drops in our daily doses.…
Hang In There!
In many ways, it seems that marriage should be one of the most natural things in the world. After all, it is one of oldest things on earth, dating back to the second chapter of Genesis. The Lord God fashioned…