21 Lessons from 21 Years of Marriage

Twenty-one years ago I stood at the altar at Highland Park Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and amidst a lot of laughter and in the presence of lots of friends and family, I promised to love and honor Scott Underwood as his wife. Since then we've moved a few times, wrangled a few basset hounds, served a few churches, and even had a few health scares. We spent three years praying for a baby and we've spent just over seventeen years raising our beautiful girl. We've had some ... [Read More]

Just Hold My Hand

Yesterday was Scott's and my eighteenth wedding anniversary. {And yes, I was a child bride! Ha!} I can't begin to wrap words around the depth of love I feel for this man who listened when I told him we were supposed to be together forever. I'm reading this incredible book, A Praying Life, by Paul Miller.  The book is all about hesed, the steadfast love we see offered by God in Scripture. Miller describes hesed this way: Sometimes hesed is translated "steadfast love." It combines ... [Read More]