by Jackie Bledsoe | Mar 31, 2016 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
While away at a retreat this week I had a conversation with a friend who will be giving his oldest daughter away in marriage this weekend. While we are several years away from that as our daughter is in her mid-teens, I was curious to know what it’ll be like. I...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Mar 21, 2016 | Money, PerseveRING, Raising Kids
The past few days I’ve been following a sports story about a father and his son. If you’ve been too caught up in March Madness you may have missed it. Adam LaRoche is, or was, a player for the Chicago White Sox, until he abruptly retired with a $14 million...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jan 22, 2016 | Raising Kids
I’d say we are a family of introverts, but all things point to just the opposite of that. We share a lot of our family “business” online and other places, or maybe I should say I share a lot of our family business online and other places. Let’s...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jan 18, 2016 | Dating, Wedding RING
Typically when we are in public or are around other people I don’t refer to my wife as Stephana, which is of course her name. She has a very unique name and people mispronounce it all the time. She rarely corrects them, so I do. You might think it helps the...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jan 7, 2016 | Communication, MentoRING
All of us who are married hope to have a marriage that lasts. Not only do we want it to last, but we want it to be fulfilling, and successful in every way. But after we say “I do,” we begin to wonder how we can actually accomplish this. It’s no...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Dec 10, 2015 | Restoration, RestoRING
You hear husbands talk about how lucky, or how blessed, or how thankful they are for their wives. You may also hear people say, “He married up.” What those statements boil down to is admitting that they don’t deserve the woman they get to call...
