Love + Marriage

In our society, the media tells us to go to college, find a fiance before graduation, marry, have children, and live happily ever after. Oh, and it's crucial to do all of this pretty quickly because women's maternal clocks...

Iced coffee is the perfect summer drink. It’s cold, it’s refreshing, it’s caffeinated. It’s also the perfect homemade coffee drink. Whether you use a regular brew or prefer a strong cold brew, homemade iced coffee is quick, easy, and...

Summer is just around the corner and many of you may be wondering how to turn the heat up in your relationship! Following last year's summer of quarantine, I'm excited to get back into the swing of things with...

Need some tried and true ideas in a variety of budgets? Tired of giving the same stuff to the dads in your life? Want to buy something they’ll actually use? Say no more! Here are my tried (by my...

Too often I find myself apologizing for things out of my control or things that are not even my fault. I’m a people pleaser and I’ve always been this way. As a child, I can remember blaming myself for...

I am no Enneagram expert, but I really enjoy reading and learning more about it. The more I learn, the more I find myself “typing” friends, family, and TV characters. I thought it would be fun to choose a...

Full disclosure: the time that elapsed between our first date and our wedding was barely more than five months, not to mention we dated long-distance from Dallas to Houston. My husband and I have answered confidently over the last...

Scheduling a date on Valentine's Day date can be a dubious proposition, what with the price increases, the hard-to-get reservations, and all the added pressure to have the most romantic time ever. But now? A year into a pandemic?...

More than the in-laws, more than the kids—couples argue about money more than anything else.  It doesn’t matter if couples are wealthy or struggling, financial issues don’t discriminate. People have different financial priorities, different comfort levels around risk, different ideas about...

  There’s nothing like the relationship between a child and their grandparents. Whenever I think of family holidays or large get-togethers, I'm flooded with memories of Grandma and Grandpa’s house, hilarious stories, and delicious food. We love everything that grandparents...

It’s not you; it’s me. Okay, that’s a complete fabrication. It’s definitely you. I seem to have had a magnetic pull to poisonous personalities over the past couple of years. I didn’t only have the misfortune of losing one...

Finding alone time with your spouse can be tricky in the midst of juggling parenting, work, school, and whatever else is on your plate. And it can often be an added challenge to plan financially for a lavish date...