marriage – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Day Trip to Whidbey Island /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/ /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:48:44 +0000 /?p=7040 This past week marks four years since Tim and I tied the knot. I vacillate between disbelief that our wedding was an entire four years ago, and feeling like so much has happened in our marriage thus far that I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/11/21/whidbey-island-with-kids/feed/ 14 Our first date night in… too long. /post/2016/09/08/date-night/ /post/2016/09/08/date-night/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2016 06:00:32 +0000 /?p=6911 We went on a date last night. This shouldn’t be news (because you know, we’re married and everything) but it is. It’s news because we haven’t actually gone on a 1-on-1 date since Valentine’s Day. I wish I were joking. After … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/09/08/date-night/feed/ 26 A few words on marriage /post/2015/11/20/marriage-2/ /post/2015/11/20/marriage-2/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:25:42 +0000 /?p=6035 Marriage is awesome for a lot of reasons, but one of the best/worst things about marriage has been all of the things I’ve been able to learn about myself. I’m proud of some of the things I’ve learned, and other realizations … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/11/20/marriage-2/feed/ 2 Three years /post/2015/11/18/three-years/ /post/2015/11/18/three-years/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:07:39 +0000 /?p=6029 Tim and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary overlooking Seattle at the Sky City restaurant, which is on top of the Space Needle. As a bonus, the restaurant spins around, so we were able to enjoy views of downtown, Queen … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/11/18/three-years/feed/ 23 Choosing to stay in a marriage is not a sign of weakness /post/2015/08/26/marriage/ /post/2015/08/26/marriage/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:58:52 +0000 /?p=5906 I apologize for my blogging being a little bit sporadic lately… honestly I feel like there are certain times in life when I just get a bit bleh about all of the news I’m constantly being bombarded with. Is there any … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/08/26/marriage/feed/ 8 What Amazing Race is teaching me about relationships. /post/2015/04/07/amazing-race/ /post/2015/04/07/amazing-race/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:48:00 +0000 http://606b34eb-e9b5-499b-8e89-b50d4fae2eda There isn’t a lot of TV being watched in our house right now, but one show that Tim and I enjoy watching is Amazing Race. I love seeing all of the different places, and I love watching the couples interact … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/04/07/amazing-race/feed/ 14 Being intentional in marriage. (Team Us). /post/2015/02/04/team-us/ /post/2015/02/04/team-us/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:17:00 +0000 http://f5f528fb-37d9-4c2c-a1ce-d0a3a976605d If there’s one area that I’ve found it hard to focus on over the past few months, it’s marriage. Once upon a time (pre-Clara), Tim and I were really decent at prioritizing marriage and thinking about how to improve our … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/02/04/team-us/feed/ 0 Is ‘young’ the best time to get married/have kids? I wonder. /post/2014/12/17/getting-married-young/ /post/2014/12/17/getting-married-young/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:18:00 +0000 http://079ad4bf-5260-4625-bf88-268ef76137ec As soon as I saw the title to this article, “Hey Young People: Now’s the Time to Get Married and Have Kids” I assumed it was click-bait and didn’t want to read it. But then I did read it because … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/12/17/getting-married-young/feed/ 0 Two Years. /post/2014/11/18/two-years/ /post/2014/11/18/two-years/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:45:00 +0000 http://a9906b57-a266-415e-954d-55cd0604b0e5 If you follow me on Instagram, you know that yesterday Tim and I celebrated our second-year-wedding anniversary. Trust me, with the weather in Chicago right now (a balmy 18 degrees today), I wish we were back in Jamaica (where we … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/11/18/two-years/feed/ 0 Thoughts on marriage. /post/2014/09/05/marriage-thoughts/ /post/2014/09/05/marriage-thoughts/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2014 08:53:00 +0000 http://7670e492-5c03-40a1-ab8b-6936fc19387d I recently read two different articles on marriage (both posted on Quartz), and they really made me think.  The first article is “Let’s stop pretending that marriage is hard work“. The second article is “It’s time to accept this fact: … Continue reading →

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