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February 18, 2013

Week 3: Laughter (Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage)

The running joke is that sarcasm is our love language. The very first time I met Greg, he showed up with a couple of friends to help me move apartments. My two takeaways about him that day were, “wow, his eyes are really beautiful” and “dude, he’s funny.” When I first met his family, they Continue reading

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February 11, 2013

Week 2: Service (Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage)

Confession. I was unsure about this week’s topic, because I consider myself a truly sucky server in our marriage. I constantly feel like Greg serves me a hundred times more than I serve him. I feel like I fail at this 100% and completely, every single time. Last week we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary Continue reading

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February 4, 2013

Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage (Week 1: Communication)

You know one thing I love about the Bible? That Psalms is immediately followed by Proverbs. That the book of heart and raw emotion is immediately followed up by the book of wisdom. That David was a highly emotional, heart-on-his-sleeve man — and his son, Solomon, saw the good and the bad in that and Continue reading

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January 28, 2013

How to Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage (New Series!)

QUESTION: What is the one thing I’m definitely not? ANSWER: An expert. I’m not an expert in parenting, cooking, cleaning or anything else that the Proverbs 31 woman does well. And I am most especially not an expert in marriage. But while I’m not an expert, I’m a fan. I’m a fan of husbands and Continue reading

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About Me

Monica is a writer and podcaster in metro Atlanta. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she cheerfully relies on coffee to even be able to see her phone clearly while playing her morning solitaire game.

Monica has been married to Greg for 22 years, and has a daughter in college and son in high school. She enjoys coffee, reading, coffee, writing, coffee and spending quality time with her family while drinking coffee. She does not enjoy meal planning, cooking, or most domestic activities.

Monica has been published in Today’s Christian Woman magazine and written at (in)courage.me. She is also the co-founder of Be Still Be Free, a podcast of real conversations rooted in truth.

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Week 3: Laughter (Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage)

Week 2: Service (Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage)

Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage (Week 1: Communication)

How to Maintain Your High Maintenance Marriage (New Series!)