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June 2013

June 26, 2013

Pray for the Supreme Court this Morning

Friends, the Supreme Court will be announcing its ruling this morning at 10 a.m. on two...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

Old-Fashioned Romance Revolution

Today on Public Discourse, in her piece "Our National Sex Day", Caitlin Seery aptly describes...

February 05, 2013

A decade of blessings: From morning bagel dates to the catering menu.

Ten years ago right now, February-April 2003, it was our senior year at Princeton and...

July 2012

July 07, 2012

The Fireworks Are For Him

My husband was born on the Fourth of July. As a small child, he really...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

10 Ways to Make your “trip” more like a Vacation

A long time ago, my friend Mary Ellen wrote about how traveling with a family...

May 24, 2012

Keep Your Cool, Mama

Tuesday was a day of one minor disaster after another. I won't list them all...

May 14, 2012

On Mother’s Day, Our Husbands Shine

Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful mothers out there! I don't know about...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Cohabitation: A Preparation for Divorce

One sweet neighbor of ours "C" is a never-married single mom, 29 years old, raising...

April 06, 2012

My Own Passion

After a long church service today, with kids climbing on me and whining and trying...

March 2012

March 17, 2012

St. Patrick’s Day

The NYT says it is about immigrants, not Irishness, and sure as we celebrate the...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

“Marriage is like planning a trip to Hawaii…”

As I was driving in the car one night, listening to the radio, I heard...

October 2011

October 01, 2011

For the Newlyweds

One of our dear friends is getting married today, and many of the Builders are...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Ode to My Husband’s Risotto*

Last week we had a joyful day While Mr. Incredible worked far away. We wanted...

August 2011

August 13, 2011

Speaking of birthdays…

I thought it would be a good time to post a list of presents for...

July 2011

July 08, 2011

20 minutes to cherish him

My husband is a scholar of British and European history, which necessitates regular and fairly-grueling...

February 2011

February 06, 2011

Love and Marriage

"In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself, and the...

February 04, 2011

Love your job?

I enjoyed this recent post by our dear friend and sister Queen B. My husband...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Someday, I promise that I’ll share my own thoughts again…

...But today, I will once again be sharing someone else's work. Today's post features a...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Attitude of Gratitude

Life can be hard, but truly we have so many opportunities, great and minor, to...

October 25, 2010

Wedding Hosts

On Saturday night, we had the privilege of attending a beautiful wedding. While Juris Mater...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

Beauty and Joy

About a month ago, we had some friends over for a day by our pool,...

July 2010

July 15, 2010

Happy Birthday Mr. Incredible!

Dear Mr. Incredible, On Monday morning, you got the kids up and fed them breakfast...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

Gadgets

I know that you all will bear with us as we continue to build this...

June 04, 2010

Celebrity Weddings

Fresh off the press... a moonlit bench in Prospect Garden at Princeton, one lovely lady...

January 2010

January 12, 2010

Rules of Engagement

Charlie (almost 4): "Mama, what do teenagers do?"Me: "What do you mean?"Charlie: "What do teenagers...

January 08, 2010

Transparency

In the recent onslaught of holiday cards and letters, we received the gamut of greetings....

August 2009

August 11, 2009

The Case for Earlier Marriage?

I'm not sure I agree with all his arguments, but I thought this article in...

August 04, 2009

8 years ago today

I've seen this floating around on some other blogs. Since my romantic side is still...

September 2008

September 11, 2008

Comfort Levels

As Mr. Incredible was about to head out the door with the two big boys,...

August 2008

August 27, 2008

How we handle Paper

Erin wrote:Our biggest problem area is paper-- mail, bills, cards, owners manuals, newspapers, interesting magazine...