A Couple of Writers Blog

Is Your Marriage a Business Model or a Friendship?

Is Your Marriage a Business Model or a Friendship?

Have you ever seen on Facebook or LinkedIn someone with the job title: “CEO of My Household?” If you have a family — particularly a family with small children — you can relate. Running a household sometimes feels like running a corporation. Supervision, management,...

The Three Kinds of Friends

The Three Kinds of Friends

It was a crisp Friday night in late September, about fifteen years ago. I had accepted the invitation to an informal gathering of friends in the common area of one of the college dorms.  A popular game among us was Apples to Apples, not so much for the pursuit of...

A Case of the Whodunnit

A Case of the Whodunnit

It was a Sunday morning.  We had just arrived home and there I stood, contentedly flipping some pancakes on the griddle, while everyone else played together in the living room.   I love Sunday mornings, I thought to myself.  From outside the...

Book Two Teasers

Book Two Teasers

Many have expressed interest in the sequel to In the Shadows of Freedom and we’re excited to be able to share a bit about it! First of all, you may be wondering what the title will be. Coming Spring 2022 is… A Nation of Tyrants We want to keep most of the plot a...

Time, You’re a Friend of Mine (A Birth Story)

Time, You’re a Friend of Mine (A Birth Story)

“This is your fifth baby, so you might go quickly.” I stared at my midwife, nodding at her statement, a thousand thoughts running through my mind, mostly trying to process the fact that I would be delivering my baby—not in four weeks as I had assumed—but rather in...

Perfect Is the Enemy of Good

Perfect Is the Enemy of Good

November is my least favorite month. Yes, it is punctuated by Thanksgiving, which is a wonderful and quintessential American holiday. And yes, it has Veterans Day, another lovely American holiday to celebrate the brave men and women of our armed forces. Yet, here in...

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