“We like to think of ourselves as the main character — the heroes — of our own stories. However, in the decade we’ve been married, I have had a growing realization that finally dawned in a Michigan courtroom in January 2018. I married the hero. At the end of the day, I’m Rachael’s sidekick —…
Tag: marriage
I’m Sorry ≠ I Sinned
Some time ago, I said to a friend walking through a trial, “I’m sorry.” He replied, “What are you sorry for? This isn’t your fault!”
#DadsHurtToo (Part 6) — Miscarriage and the Gospel
This is the concluding post in a series on miscarriage and the Gospel — “#DadsHurtToo — A Father’s Memoir of Miscarriage.” It’s been almost three years since our last miscarriage. Wounds are healing. Yet, I’d be lying if I said those foxes don’t still bark and nip from time to time. They bark, but the Gospel…
#DadsHurtToo (Part 5) — Miscarriage and Loneliness
This is the fifth post in a series— “#DadsHurtToo — A Father’s Memoir of Miscarriage.” In God’s kindness, we survived that year. Our son—Living Child #5—was born February 8, 2012, allowing us to spend the anniversary of our loss enjoying our newborn. With his birth, we were finished having children—miscarriage and the little foxes were not….
#DadsHurtToo (Part 2) — Miscarriage and Comparison
This is the second post in a series — “#DadsHurtToo — A Father’s Memoir of Miscarriage.” Despite arriving pale, blue, and breathless—the umbilical cord cinching a death-grip on his throat—our first child lived, as did our second and our third. We first experienced the death of a child in the womb in September 2007, a year…