Parenting is difficult. There are no bones about it.

With each child, I have three most of the time, four on occasion, they require something different. One tries my patience with his sass, the other tries it with his constant bouncing off the furniture, the other, well, she’s beautiful but she’s one year old and thinks her crib is a jail cell and has boycotted it’s existence.

Maybe I should paint it pink?

Fresh 2019, LifestyleLeahMarch 4, 2019Grey Ministriesminimalist lifestyle, millennials living as minimalists, minimalism, becoming a minimalist, freshminimalism, ministry, parenting, overwhelmed as a parent, staying through spouse's addiction, tips for spouses of addictsComment

The One Act Of Faith That Can Change Everything

Recently, I asked my husband if he knew why I stayed with him. We had been talking about “what he put me through” (he was saying he knew it had been a lot) and it struck me, I tell people all the time why I stayed- but had I ever told him?

He thought for a moment and then for a good two minutes he went on about all of the reasons that he believed I stayed but it all boiled down to two sentiments:

I loved him
I saw him as more than “an addict”

Faith, MarriageLeahMarch 4, 2018Grey Ministriesstaying through spouse's addiction, faith is being tested, more than just an addict Comments