Thanks to my friend Jonathan Ross for sharing this.

It was a dark and stormy night. Not really. Actually, it was a really nice day in Abilene, Texas. Kara was doing homework, staying ahead in her studies (as she does remarkably well). I was in Houston on a recruiting trip for ACU basketball.
I woke up early Saturday morning to watch several high school teams [...]

I’m sitting in a booth with Kara at Azteca’s Mexican Restaurant. It’s snowing. Hard. It’s been snowing all day. Non-stop since ten o’clock this morning. It hasn’t stopped. I think it’s about minus four degrees outside.
Inside, we’re eating good food. Sweet-tea to wash it down.
Kara and I are talking about life, dreams, plans, hopes, lessons [...]

Kara is quite the organizer.
Recently, she went through a bunch of drawers, boxes, and files . . . in that process I found a card she’d written to me a few years back. Here’s an excerpt:
“. . . [T]o try and put into words the experience and feelings of the past two years is impossible. [...]

Every couple has to figure out how to work through difficult times and disagreements. Kara and I are very open that we sometimes clash due to our unusually stubborn personalities. Seriously, we are not afraid of conflict with each other, and we will challenge each other whenever we see fit.
Having said that . . . [...]

Josh: “Kara. Ever since I turned 29, I feel old. Every time I look in the mirror, it’s like I don’t recognize myself. It’s got me down and depressed.”
Kara: “Really? I’m sorry honey.”
Josh: “Yeah . . . ahh . . . what should I do? I’m down. “
Kara: “Don’t look in the mirror.”

This weekend, our small group spent three days with several other couples at a marriage retreat in Grand Haven, Michigan. Our retreat was hosted at the Khardoma Lodge. This bed and breakfast, located some three hundred yards from Lake Michigan, was built in 1873–just ten years after the conclusion of America’s Civil War.
On the whole, [...]