1 on 1 with Teri, Part two

In this part of the interview, let even get closer to Tari and find more about her marriage relationship and life.

But first let me ask her about her daughter.

So interesting that your daughter has a blog at her young years? please comment and tell us how this came about?

We live pretty far away from all our family so they don’t get to see all of her drawings and papers from school. So a blog for her seemed a great way to encourage her to write and to share with our families what she’s doing. She loves reading the comments and that spurs her to write more.

What do you think of marriage? and how you describe yours? I love being married! I describe mine as “happily ever after … mostly.” Being married is the hardest thing in life … but also the most wonderful. I married my very best friend and we get to do ministry together (he even gets paid for it! LOL) ... it just doesn’t get better than that!

If there is any advice you would like to give to newlywed, what it would be?

1. Fight fair. 2. Always kiss good-bye. 3. Give, even when you don’t want to.

I always say that a marriage with difficulties is a living marriage? What are your thoughts?How you deal with conflict? Totally agree with that statement … when I hear people say they never fight or disagree in their marriage, I figure they must not talk much. J Scott and I have learned to deal with conflict better the longer we are married … mainly, I think it’s just important to remember that sometimes your opinion doesn’t matter and that you don’t HAVE to have the last word. Sometimes it’s better to leave something unsaid than to live with the regret of saying it aloud.

In your years of marriage, what did you find about the wife’s role in the man’s life? How she can influence?Wow … I think the greatest gifts I give to my husband are my undying respect and unwavering prayers. Because I deeply respect him, I think it’s easier for him to share the difficulties he faces with me and to allow me to be his biggest encourager. And I have learned that often my prayers are the tool God uses to influence my husband … back to that whole thing of not HAVING to say everything. I’ve learned that sometimes I just have to pray and leave it with the Lord!

What is the current book you are reading? Calvin Miller’s autobiography “Life is Mostly Edges” and several books on the spiritual disciplines.

Tell us about your ebook? What is your goal for it?
It’s just a little book of encouragement. I wanted to have something to give to the people who joined me in celebrating my 100th post on “Pleasing to You” … but I wanted it to be in keeping with my desire to be an encourager and to help people learn to see life through a lens of gratitude and passion. My goal? Hmmm … to finish it! LOL Really, I just hope it is an encouragement and that people will want to share it with others because it was a blessing to them.

Being a pastor wife? Good or bad? hard or easy? Good … hard … worth every bit of it!

Teri, Thank you so much for giving us the honor to have you here, and allowing us to get to know, and learn from you. God bless you.