by Elaine Olsen | Jul 19, 2022 | love, marriage, Uncategorized
I like growing old alongside Billy. That’s what I told a friend not long ago. I’ve not always thought about our life together with such sentimentality. Twenty-five years ago, growing old wasn’t on my radar. I was just a bride walking down the aisle toward the man and...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 4, 2014 | a quick word marriage, family fun, grace, guest post, love, marriage
My eldest son got married two weeks ago. It was a grand affair. Quaint. Intimate. On a mountain and in the company of family and friends. I thought a lot about my son that day while sitting next to his father in our designated, front pew. We had the best seat...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 11, 2013 | family fun, love, marriage
Tonight we danced in the car. Never mind the two kids in the back of the van or the fact that we were driving in six lanes of traffic. When the song hit the airwaves, our hearts were immediately fastened on one another and on the reality that is ours to hold. Deep...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 12, 2012 | artistry, friendship, love, marriage, pilgrimage
Life is a journey; love is a dance. So she sings to us as we snake our way down I-40, making the trek back home. I hold his hand as we mark those miles through Appalachia, knowing that he is my home—the place where I feel safe and where the embers still burn with...
by Elaine Olsen | May 28, 2012 | church life, family fun, love, marriage, pain, pilgrimage
“. . . the word of the LORD tested him.” –Psalm 105:19 Sometimes he tells me. Sometimes keeping it inside pins him down . . . pushes him down where the pain hurts deeply and the tears flow easily. Sometimes the world slams cruelly and unfairly into him, moving him to...
by Elaine Olsen | May 10, 2012 | conviction, creation, eternity, freedom, knowing God, living God's truth, love, marriage, surrender
The ocean is still free. So I said to myself this past weekend while spending a few days on the shores of the Atlantic. The ocean is still free. Free to roam. Free to breathe. Free to birth. Free to be. Mankind has tried to control it, has sloppily put its...
