April Coker, Author

Tag: marriage

  • FOLK Magazine Journal Challenge: Favorite Family Photo

    Today’s journal prompt by Folk Magazine is to share a favorite family photo and tell why it is my favorite as well as the story behind it. As of right now, this photograph has to be my favorite.  Yes, it is a wedding photo–my daughter’s wedding.  In the picture from left to right are me,…

  • WEDDED LIFE WEDNESDAY: Tip #2

    Now that we’ve established that you should keep some mystery in your relationship, what else would I advise?  Remember, I’ve been married 33 years!  To the same person!       Tip No. 2:  Find a good role model for marriage.  Don’t rely on TV or movies for a picture of what marriage should be…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Make that Wedded Life Wednesday!

    I’m not chief wedding planner any more, and I don’t plan to be in the near future, so I am changing Cheap Wedding Wednesday to Wedded Life Wednesday.  Hubby and I just celebrated our 33rd—yes, 33!–wedding anniversary, so I thought I might make some observations about wedded life, a.k.a. wedded bliss.   I don’t like…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY: Huh?

    “Did you say something?”  This question usually follows the exasperated look Jimmy gives me when I happen to glance up from my laptop or the TV.  That look usually means I didn’t hear what he had to say. “You never listen!”  he says.  Then he refuses to repeat himself even after I explain that I…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: And the countdown continues. . .

    There are only two and a half weeks left until my daughter’s wedding!  I’m trying not to panic, but when I look at my to-do list, my heart beats faster anyway.  I have checked off several things so far this week, so if I can keep up the momentum we should have no problem having…