One of the inevitable characteristics of marriage that I’m lucky enough to identify as a perk is establishing a routine, and weekends in the Keister household are definitively routine. On Saturdays, I decide to either clean house or go shopping, while Justin usually works a full 8-9 hour day. Then on Sunday mornings, if I’m...
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What would January be without talking about resolutions for the new year? Making resolutions is a top priority for many come the end of December, whether the idea is self-influenced, or brought on by the media and social circles. A large part of me believes that resolutions are brought on not by the start of...
5 things I have learned in my first year of marriage: My husband and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary in October, and although this post’s title may suggest it, it is not intended to be a list of advice. I am in no way qualified to give any kind of relationship advice, let alone...
Ten miles before we’d even laid eyes on our secluded lakeside cabin, we’d begun praying our vacation would work out for the best and our throats wouldn’t be slit in our sleep. The small Ozark town Justin and I drove through just before arriving at the “resort” begged many questions, including, where are we going...
She wasn’t wearing a habit like one would expect of a nun. If my mom hadn’t sat down on a park bench to fix her camera for what seemed like the hundredth time that trip, we probably wouldn’t have even noticed her. We met Sister Irene at the Auguste Rodin museum in Paris, home of...