We were married three years ago today. It's a nice number, if a little awkward. I no longer feel like a newlywed, and yet to be the one giving marriage advice seems a bit presumptuous. I look back at our first anniversary and am reminded that I will forever be growing up. We've lived at four [...]
Last month, Thomas and I went into Chicago. It was our first time going into the city together - a place that was very unfamiliar. We dared to navigate the Shedd Aquarium line, not to mention the beast that is the public transit system. I prepped and planned the day before, finding a cheap place to park and [...]
"Start where you're at, be all the way where you are. Sink into where God has you...accept the lessons and the gifts." These warm words came from a blogger in my Instagram feed yesterday morning. And on that particular Monday - with a negative wind chill and a dog as my all-day company - those words [...]
Just over one year ago, I was working a fundraising event for an internship, so, naturally, it was an occasion for mingling (awkward) and meeting new people. A staff member introduced me, saying, "This is Mallory. She's got a wedding coming up in just a few weeks!" The lady smiled a big smile - a [...]
Before I got married, one of my favorite ways to find inspiration and procrastinate on homework was to look at blog posts about weddings. Country weddings, modern weddings, super quirky and traditional - I'd absorb them all. I appreciated the play-by-play commentary about the vendors, what went well and what was weird. I made a [...]
I owe this post to my good friend Elizabeth, who has been married for just over a year now. Thanks, girl. On a weeknight this past spring, I sat down on an over-sat-on couch with some lovely ladies from my college bible study. Reaping all the marriage advice and wisdom I could, I asked Elizabeth [...]
I'm not quite sure how to begin this post. The last few weeks have been exciting, busy, love-filled weeks. I married an awesome man 16 days ago, and since then, it's been a process of allowing my mind to catch up with the monumental action I performed when I signed a few papers on that [...]
Mallory R. Manning 