Category: marriage

marriage

Why we’re not toast

JOY journal

Our "new" toaster ticks like something that needs to be defused. That's not its only unusual feature. When my husband decided to make late-night toast without turning on the kitchen lights for some reason, we discovered it also glows. In a hot-red-wire, pulsing kind of way. Like really pulsing. Pulsing that would have alarmed most… Continue reading Why we’re not toast

family life, marriage

Now I know why it’s called “silver anniversary”

JOY journal

Photo by artemation through Pixabay. I didn't really notice how paltry our collection of silverware -- by which I mean stainless steel eating implements -- had become until Thanksgiving of last year. I was setting the table and could only come up with seven dinner forks from two unmatched sets, although we had an insane… Continue reading Now I know why it’s called “silver anniversary”