Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read As a wedding present, relatives from New Mexico gave us this unique wedding vase. Janey told me the double opening represented the fact that now we would both drink from the same well. A few months later, I was reading Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s new book Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage, and found much the…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read “Ah! the true rule is—a wife in her husband’s house is his servant; it is in his heart that she is queen. Whatever of the best he can conceive, it is her part to be; whatever of the highest he can hope, it is hers to promise; all that is dark in him she must…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read For a single girl, I must have a record number of books on marriage. My man and I often laugh about how many books on relationships I have read, versus the number he has read. (It would probably be something like 100 to 1/2, except I don’t know how many relationship books I have actually…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read “I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want – an adorable pancreas?” -Jean Kerr, The Snake Has All the Lines To be quite honest, I don’t care what anyone else has to say about beauty. All that matters is that I am beautiful to my man….
Gretchen Louise 8 Minute Read For those who wanted to hear about our wedding plans…or for those who are looking for tips and ideas…here is a glimpse into the many details of wedding planning! The moment I knew we could truly get married this year, I started planning our wedding in earnest. Even before I had a ring on my…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read “I have found that a man will usually be as much of a gentleman as a lady requires and probably no more.” -Elisabeth Elliot Five years ago, I wrote in an article on how to treat the men in your life: “You have a huge influence on the life of every boy or man you…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read The last conversation from a visit with my 98-year-old Great Great Aunt Ruth on Saturday…“Will you come again next year?” Aunt Ruth asked.“Yes, I will, if I’m not married.”“Well,” she smiled, “I hope you’re married.”I giggled. “I hope so, too.”“How old are you again?” she asked.“Twenty-two.”“That’s a good age to be married,” Aunt Ruth said…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read While editing the weekly newsletter at work today, I found myself at Dictionary.com once again, this time attempting to assure myself that I was correct in using ensure. Or was it insure? Usually I can keep track of whether the foul weather hurts the fowl. But loose usage of words in the past can cause…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read “Did I just hear Mary Poppins?” I laughed, a bit self-consciously, as the man in the Capitol asked me the question. “Yes, sir, or actually, rather, it was from ‘Sound of Music.’ Same actress!” Half an hour later, back in my office, my co-worker asked me, “Is that like your favorite song or something? You’re…
Gretchen Louise 9 Minute Read “My greatest ambition is to have a successful, happy marriage,” proclaimed Nancy Davis in her college yearbook. And it is because of her successful, happy marriage to President Ronald Wilson Reagan that Nancy Davis Reagan is my hero. “I knew that being his wife was the role I wanted most,” said the actress. She knew…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read The other day my dad commissioned me to go to town for him, to get a replacement hose for his log loader. With my little brother and sister in tow, I entered A-1 Coupling holding a big hose in a black garbage bag. “Your dad called earlier, didn’t he?” I laughed. The guy had me…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read The picture is adorable. Robert’s two-month-old face sports his million-dollar smile as he looks at a little girl with straight black hair. In the next picture, LeAnn’s hand is on her head, a huge grin on her face as she stares at Robert. It could easily be captioned, “Oh Mommy, he’s so cute!” Fast forward…
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