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HoneyRock, Denton, TX (2026)

05/28/2026

If you do marriage right… your wedding day should be the least you’ve ever loved your spouse.

Not because the wedding day wasn’t beautiful.
Not because the butterflies weren’t real.
But because covenant love was never meant to stay still.

A healthy marriage deepens.
It stretches.
It survives disappointment, stress, forgiveness, sacrifice, laughter, grief, growth, and grace.

The world teaches people to chase the feeling of love.
But Scripture shows us something different — love is patient, sacrificial, enduring, forgiving, and rooted in commitment.

A wedding is not the finish line of love.
It’s the starting point of learning how to love someone more like Christ every single year after.

The goal isn’t a perfect wedding day.
The goal is a marriage that still chooses each other decades later. 🤍

“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” — Mark 10:9

05/20/2026

Joshua and I love each other deeply. 💚

We genuinely want the best for each other. We try to think of one another, build each other up, make each other feel desired, supported, and seen.

But sometimes… in the middle of a disagreement, hurt feelings, exhaustion, stress, or even something completely silly… we reach into the toolbox and realize we don’t always have the right tool for the moment.

And honestly? That’s okay.

No couple walks into marriage already carrying every communication tool, conflict tool, emotional tool, or healing tool they’ll ever need.

Some tools are learned.

Some are borrowed from people who have gone before you.

Some are handed to you by a counselor, a mentor, a trusted friend, or another godly couple willing to say, “Hey… this helped us too.”

One of the healthiest things we’ve learned in marriage is this:

Our toolbox isn’t all-encompassing.

And pretending it is usually keeps couples stuck longer than they need to be.

There’s wisdom in asking for help.
There’s maturity in learning new tools.
And there’s strength in caring more about connection than pride.

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” — Proverbs 15:22

05/11/2026

To all the moms who spent yesterday being celebrated…
and somehow still doing laundry, answering questions, finding missing shoes, and making sure everyone ate 😂🤍

Happy Mother’s Day.

Motherhood is exhausting, hilarious, emotional, beautiful chaos…
and somehow I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Here’s to the moms running on coffee, prayers, dry shampoo, and pure determination.

You’re doing better than you think you are 🫶

05/06/2026

You can have $ex without intimacy.
But real intimacy changes everything about $ex.

And honestly… this is the part nobody really explains well.

A lot of married couples unknowingly build their relationship around desire instead of connection.

So the mindset becomes:
“If we’re still physical, we must still be close.”

But physical closeness and deep intimacy are not always the same thing.

Real intimacy is learning each other beyond attraction.

It’s understanding your spouse’s stress without taking it personally.
Knowing the difference between their anger and their exhaustion.
Feeling safe enough to be honest.
Being pursued emotionally … not just physically.
Being fully known and still chosen.

That’s why marriages built only on chemistry often struggle long term.

Because attraction can start a relationship…
but intimacy is what sustains one.

Even “makeup $ex” points to this if we’re being honest.

A lot of people think they love it because of passion.

But often it feels powerful because for a moment the walls came down again.
The honesty returned.
The pursuit returned.
The emotional connection returned.

The physical connection simply followed what the heart was craving the whole time.

God’s design for marriage was always deeper than surface-level closeness. The Bible describes two people becoming “one flesh” … not just physically, but emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and relationally too.

And when two people truly feel connected outside the bedroom?

The connection inside of it changes too. 💕

05/04/2026

Some wins don’t come from what you give your kids…
they come from what you teach them to carry.

When Brayden started this journey, we were clear… we’d help him get started (his associate’s degree), but the rest would be his to own.

And he did.

Not because it was easy…
but because he chose to take responsibility for his life.

And somewhere along the way, we saw it…
his consistency, his ownership, his commitment.

So we made a choice.
Not out of pressure…
but out of discernment.

Because Scripture teaches both:
to carry each other’s burdens and to let each person carry their own load (Galatians 6).

And knowing the difference… that matters.

There are moments as parents where stepping in too soon can actually rob someone of growth.

And there are moments where coming alongside someone is exactly what love looks like.

This took unity in our marriage.
Holding the line when it would’ve been easier not to…
and then choosing to step in together
when we knew his faithfulness was worth investing in.

“Train up a child in the way he should go…” — Proverbs 22:6

Not control. (That never works.)
Not carry everything for them. (There’s a difference between protecting and controlling outcomes.)
But teach. Guide. Discern.

Brayden, we are incredibly proud of you.
Not just for graduating,
but for showing us who you are along the way.

And for us… this is the reminder:

Strong families aren’t built by doing everything for each other… but by walking alongside each other wisely…
knowing when to let someone carry their load,
and when to help carry the weight. 🤍

05/01/2026

Assumptions create stories.
Expectations create pressure.

Neither creates connection.

If you want a stronger marriage,
say it out loud.

A counselor might say this:
Most conflict isn’t only about what happened.
It’s about the meaning we attach to what happened.

Sometimes we judge someone’s response based on how we would have handled it… instead of taking the time to understand how they’re wired, what they’ve learned, and how they process things differently.

We assume motives.
We expect mind-reading.
We understand through our own capabilities & knowledge.
We react from disappointment instead of communicating the need underneath it.

But healthy marriages require clarity.

“I needed help.”
“I wanted to feel chosen.”
“I was hoping you would notice.”
“I felt hurt, but I didn’t know how to say it.”

That kind of honesty can feel vulnerable…
but it creates room for understanding instead of resentment.

GO FIRST! 💕 Be the one to break the cycle of assumptions & expectations.

04/28/2026

Took a little break this weekend to celebrate a Haddad becoming a Future Mrs. Pittaway 🤍

And honestly… these are the moments that matter.

Not just the parties, the planning or the sash (isn’t it great!)
… but what it all represents.

A yes to forever.
A step into something sacred.
A commitment that will be built in the everyday, not just the highlight reel.

We believe deeply in marriage (obvs.)
not as a milestone,
but as a daily choice.
Two people, choosing each other
with intention, over and over again. 💕

Cheering you on, celebrating you,
and covering this next season with so much love.

Let’s go, Future Mrs. Pittaway 🤍

Give us a little grace for the next couple weeks! Lots of planning! Lots of family time! 💖

04/22/2026

A lot of people say they’ve “fallen out of love.”

But most of the time… that’s not what happened.

They got tired.
Unseen.
Misunderstood.
Pulled in too many directions.

And slowly… they stopped experiencing each other as a place of rest. Intention. Security. Compassion.

So they stopped reaching.
Stopped softening.
Stopped expecting connection.

And we call that “falling out of love.”

But it’s usually something quieter:

Unaddressed tension.
Missed moments.
Lack of repair.
Emotional distance that went unchecked.

Love rarely disappears overnight.
It erodes where connection isn’t tended.

So if something feels off, don’t rush to label it the end.

Let it be the signal.

The moment you stop and say:
“Hey… we’re not okay. But I still want us.”

Because marriages don’t heal through time alone.
They heal through repair.
Through honesty.
Through turning back toward each other—on purpose.

And sometimes…
that’s exactly what brings love back to life.

04/19/2026

What a night we’ll never forget. 🥰

Every detail felt so intentionally placed … from the incredible turnout, to the heart behind the team at Marty B’s, to speakers who showed up with honesty, compassion, and truth… even down to the last-minute, beautiful details that somehow came together perfectly. (Thank you 💐)

And then this…

“One of our couples shared:
This was exactly what we needed to hear… this night may have saved our marriage.”

That’s it. That’s why we do this.

Because if one couple walks away seen, challenged, and choosing each other again… it was worth everything.

We don’t take that lightly. 🥹

God, thank You for letting us be part of the story.
None of this was us… all of it was You. 🤍

04/17/2026

“Follow your heart.”

It sounds freeing.
Romantic.
Almost… biblical.

But Jeremiah 17:9 says something very different:

The heart is deceitful above all things.

That’s not a cute quote.
That’s a warning.

Because your heart doesn’t just feel love…
It also feels pride.
Fear.
Hurt.
Self-protection.

And if you’ve been wounded in marriage, your heart will start writing stories to keep you safe… not necessarily connected.

“Pull back.”
“Don’t say that.”
“They should come to me first.”
“I deserve better than this.”

And suddenly…
You’re not following truth.
You’re following reaction.

Here’s the tension:

What if the thing that feels most right in the moment…
is actually the thing slowly creating distance?

Strong marriages aren’t built on people who follow their hearts.

They’re built on people who learn to lead their hearts—
with truth, with humility, and with intention.

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So before you trust every feeling…
ask yourself:

Is this bringing us closer… or just protecting me?

That answer will tell you everything.

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