Finding Strength of Will

Lucas and I have been talking about this topic a lot lately. We also have had quite a few conversations on the topic over the last little while. What makes a happy marriage? What makes a MOM (mixed-orientation marriage) work? How come ours works so well? Now in asking that last question, lets come to a very clear understanding. Lucas and I are VERY passionate people. We do things passionately. We fight passionately too!!!!! We are both oldest children and want to be in charge (along with our oldest child too :) ). We far from have a perfect marriage. We do things that bug each other, sometimes even on purpose. We have times that we just don't get a long and some times don't even want to get along. Thankfully this isn't most of time, but probably a lot more of the time than I want to admit to anyone. :) So what does keep us together? The conclusion we came to is we LOVE being together. One of the best things about this weekend is that we got to spend the majority of t

It's been quite a while since we posted or even looked at this blog. Life gets busy and you slowly move away from where you were. I noticed I haven't posted in well over a year and for Lucas it has been much longer. This weekend was amazing. We spent Friday and Saturday at the North Star Conference associating with others that are ssa/gay or attracted to men, spouses, friends, family, and also those that are transgender who are living the gospel or trying to figure out how the gospel and being this way fits together for their life. We didn't get to many sessions, we were enjoying too much talking with others. We had some extraordinary conversations and it was wonderful to make some amazing new friends and also strengthen friendships that we already had. Lucas sat on a panel of men talking about friendships. As he talked, along with thinking of all the conversations we had had the last 2 days with others, I realized that we needed to blog again. I knew it had been a wh