I’ll be honest: when my husband and I first started dating, a lot of our dates involved wine. Dinner and wine. Wine tastings. Cocktails at bars. It wasn’t that we had a problem; it was just what dating seemed to look like in our twenties….
There’s something about Christmas that makes everything feel more romantic. Maybe it’s the twinkling lights, the excuse to cuddle up against the cold, or just the general magic in the air. Whatever it is, I’m here for it. My husband and I have been together…
Date night. When my husband and I were dating, every night felt like date night. We’d spend hours at coffee shops, take spontaneous drives, stay up late talking about nothing and everything. Then we got married, had two boys, and suddenly “date night” became this…
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of love at first sight. You know that moment when your eyes meet someone’s across a room and suddenly the whole world seems to pause? It’s like every romance novel I’ve ever read coming to life. Some people…
You know that feeling when “I love you” doesn’t quite cut it? When you need something more specific, more expansive, something that actually captures the particular way you love this person? That’s when I go searching for quotes that start with “my love for you”…
There’s something magical about those three little words. “I love you.” Simple, direct, impossible to misunderstand. Yet somehow, after years of marriage and two boys who’ve heard me say it a thousand times, I still find new ways to mean it, new depths to those…
The third date is where things get real. The first date is all nerves and first impressions. The second date confirms you weren’t crazy for liking them on the first date. But the third date? That’s when you start figuring out if this could actually…
I’ll be honest, when my husband first suggested we get wedding ring tattoos, I thought he was crazy. We’d already picked out beautiful traditional rings, we were weeks away from the wedding, and now he wanted to add permanent ink to the mix? But the…
I used to think my husband didn’t care about romantic gestures. He’s practical, straightforward, not the type to get emotional over words. But one day I found a folder on his phone labeled “from you” and it was full of screenshots. Every sweet text, every…
I’m not going to lie, I’m a sucker for a good love quote. Even though I’m practical most of the time, married with two boys who keep me grounded in reality, there’s something about beautiful love words that just gets me. When my husband sends…