Michelle’s Blog

The hardest thing about raising any number of children is keeping up with their hearts. With as many as we have, that is a full-time job! We try to have individual heart-to-heart talks with each one of our children living at home on a regular basis. It is important...

We are so thankful for 34 beautiful, wonderful years of marriage so far and we know the importance of keeping the Lord at the center of your marriage! Here are 7 basic needs of husbands and wives that we have worked to apply to our marriage over the years. Seven...

We love each other more today than the day we married. Our love has grown richer & deeper with each passing year. Here are a few things we will share from our experience!   1. Early on in our relationship, we committed to never put each down or to call...

I am so thankful that our children have Jim Bob as a father! He is always such a great example of the love, patience, and kindness that Lord has for us. Jim Bob always makes time for each child and shows such love, care, and concern for each of them. It’s...

When God is in the center of a couple's relationship, their love for each other does not have to hit a peak then start going down hill. We couldn’t have predicted it on the day we married and thought we were so in love that we would actually love each other MORE...

When I think of one of my greatest joys and blessings in life I know that it was the day that I married you, Jim Bob! I am so grateful to be your wife! You are my best friend and my greatest encourager! You help me to love Jesus more and to serve others! ...

  Jim Bob,  I feel so blessed and honored to be your wife! You are a wonderful husband and a great father! Jesus said the greatest among you will be the servant. You are a servant leader in our family! You lead by your Godly example. You have always said that your...

It was 1:00 AM in the morning as I stood folding laundry with tears streaming down my cheeks. Feelings of being overwhelmed flooded my mind. I cried aloud, "LORD I NEED YOUR HELP, I can't do it all! I feel so inadequate! Diapers, dishes, laundry, meals, cleanup,...

We recently were asked to share with a group of couples the keys we have learned over the past 32 years in pursuing a dynamic marriage. We are more in love today than when we married almost 32 years ago! By God's grace, our marriage is the strongest and sweetest it...

First, I’m going to pass on the advice that was given to me by a dear friend Gala. Whenever I speak with groups of other moms and married women, I always share this advice. It’s been the best advice that was ever given to me in regard to my relationship to my husband Jim Bob.

Well, it has been very flexible so far. We’ve set an age limit of 10 years old and above. So we have a lot of potential chaperones with 15 kids over that age! With Derick and Jill, they wrote out their courting rules at the beginning of their official courtship. These were their commitments to each other. After they agreed on them, they shared with their chaperones and family members so that they would know what they want to be h

He believes that each of his children are a gift, given to him, from God, and he treats them with respect.

Jim Bob I love you more than words can express! I'm so grateful for how you lead, protect and cherish me.   You are my best friend and encourager, my most faithful prayer partner and my life long companion & love. You won my heart years ago as I saw your deep...

For our honeymoon, Jim Bob and I planned a trip near our home because that’s what we could afford. We were going to go to Mount Nebo and Lake Fort Smith, both in Arkansas. We chose state parks for our destinations because the cabins there were so reasonable.

We sure do! Sometimes we’ll go for a drive and just park and talk or take a walk and talk. It’s so nice when it’s quiet and there are no interruptions. We really enjoy that because we’re not around a lot of people then, and we can catch up with each other. Other times, we’ll go out for a coffee or ice cream, which is my favorite weekly sweet treat, or occasionally a nice meal.