I was at a friend's birthday party, hosted by a couple I didn't know very well. While walking around to check on my wife, I overheard the host couple having an argument. The husband said, "You need to stop acting like a crazy person." There...
I remember throwing the football with my sons when they were seven and 10 and telling my wife afterward, "I don't think they would ever come inside if I didn't make them." Back then, staying close felt effortless. They wanted me in the yard as...
I heard a dad say that when his kids disrespected their mom, he would walk in the room and say, "Nobody talks to my wife that way." I loved it. It sounded strong. Protective. Decisive. So I borrowed it. The phrase itself is solid. The...
When Nancie and I first got married, she said, "Can you please wash your shaving cream and whiskers out of the sink?" I had never thought about that one day in my life. It's not a cereal bowl. She wants our bed made up every...