You'll Freeze Your Titties Off: Humor in Unexpected Places

Hi. I'm Hannah. A preacher's wife. A medical student. A sassy little lady who is living a life she never saw coming. Life has been...well...interesting the past 2.5 years. I started medical school, got married, became a pastor's wife, and the "mom" of two awesome dogs.

It's been a wild ride so far as two 26 years old attempting to establish a marriage and lead a church. It's a bloodbath sometimes just making it through the week between school, housework, church, and learning how to love a new spouse through all the craziness. I often feel like people expect me to be perfect and have some blissful marriage full of love and butterflies because I'm married to the pastor, but maybe that's just the expectation I put on myself. I felt compelled to start blogging about my adventures as a Christian woman attempting to follow the call Jesus has set before me, but being real and honest about struggles every woman faces but doesn't discuss. Maybe it's shame. Pressure from society. Whatever your reason, I think it's time Christian woman united and uplifted one another with laughs, love, and encouragement. So there it is. My purpose of this blog. I guess my first blog is meant to make you laugh. The story behind my title: A few weeks ago I was a door greeter before our Sunday evening service. I was holding the door open for my favorite little lady. She says to me, "Sweetie, you better get inside, it's cold out here." I assured her I was fine and that the weather was actually quite nice. She replied, "Well you are going to freeze." I again assured her I was okay to hold the door for her. She then came from left field and said, "Well you are going to freeze your titties off," and then proceeded to grab my cardigan and close it for me. Oh. my. goodness. My jaw dropped and I was too shocked to say anything. She then said, "You are supposed to laugh," and then walked off. We often have the pressure of being perfect, not messing up, living up to some unreal expectation of a woman of God. It's just not true. Beyond appearances we are real women with personalities. I saw a new side of my little lady friend when she made me laugh in the the most unexpected way, and it was a great reminder that we can live and breath and be honest with our sisters in Christ. She reminded me I can be the fun, sassy, often intense Hannah that I am and it's not a sin. Thank you Jesus, because the sass just has a mind of it's own.