Sometimes we forget the "we" part of marriage and focus instead on the "me" part suffering in the hurt, disappointment or loneliness. When those hard times come it's easy to forget the partnership ...
Happily Ever After
30 Day Marriage Challenge to Strengthen Your Relationship
This 30 Day Marriage Challenge is an easy way to get your relationship back on track. Sometimes, we get too comfortable in our marriage, and we forget that it needs to be nurtured. Before You ...
Use their name
This week, a reader sent me an e-mail and it was too good not to share. "I want to tell you what I hear the other day that was a memorable moment for me. It's like a light bulb went off when it ...
Just Listen
Women want someone to listen... Men want to fix things. Men want someone to listen... women want to give advice. We all want someone to JUST LISTEN. It seems to be the way that things go, but ...
10 Ways to Stay in Love Forever
Sometimes Google can shed light on the heartbeat of the population. Just start typing in words and viola! Suggestions start popping up. Sometimes those suggestions are obvious. Type in the words ...
5 Tips to Help You Make Decisions as a Couple When You Don’t Agree
As a married couple, I'm sure that you and your husband don't agree on everything. And although it's fine to have a difference of opinion. There are going to be times when you have to make decisions ...
Supporting Your Spouse’s Dreams
From the day we married, my husband has often been challenged in the area of supporting your spouse’s dreams. He has frequently dealt with my many crazy ideas and my constant chasing after the next ...
14 Ways to Be an Intentionally Specific Wife (21 day marriage challenge)
Be Intentionally Specific To be an intentional wife means that you deliberately do things for a purpose. It means you do not just wash dishes because they are there; rather, you wash ...
How to grow together.
There are certain things that make a marriage strong... and it can be the simple things. The things that we overlook or don't even notice anymore. They are important. They help you grow together for ...
The important things in a marriage.
There are some important things in marriage... and then some things that just don't matter. Shopping at the store last week, I saw it... the wedding magazine. There was a beautiful, beaming bride ...
3 things I would tell myself on my wedding day
I was standing in the checkout line at the store the other day when one of the magazines caught my eye. Amidst the sensational, splashy headlines about aliens and the baking magazine that made me ...
Breaking Busy…
I wanted to talk about being busy... too busy to have time for your marriage. Sometimes, our crazy schedule affects a marriage. When you have a job, a house, kids and other responsibilities, ...
Don’t keep score
Don't keep score in your marriage. It isn't worth it. Every single marriage will have times when both sides aren't happy. There will be a time when you are just sitting there, watching a show, and ...
Why Intimacy in Marriage is Important
Intimacy in marriage is the most important way to ensure that it's long-lasting. Here are seven reasons why it's important. If you want to have a strong marriage, let's go back to basics. ...
How We Stopped Fighting
You've probably heard of couples fighting about the most ridiculous things, like fighting about where we should eat when we go out for dinner. You'd think something fun like going out to dinner ...
Get Comfortable in Your Marriage- Just Not Too Comfortable
When you've been married for any length of time, once you're out of the 'honeymoon phase' it's all too easy to get comfortable in your marriage. And it's okay to get comfortable, just don't get too ...
How to Make it Through the Tough Times in Your Marriage
No marriage is perfect, there will certainly be tough times in your marriage that you will have to make it through, like it or not. But how are you supposed to keep your chin up and push through ...
10 Wonderful Ways to Show Love to That Man of Yours
So how did you know he was the one? Post by Lisa Jacobson The one you wanted to spend the rest of your life with? That's what the girls were asking me. How did you know that dad was The Guy? I ...
25 Pieces of Wisdom from the Still Happily Married in My Life
"Today I am celebrating the love of my love. He was 58 years old." I gasped. I re-read the words. I read the words again. Then again. "What? Was he sick? How did I not know?" I whispered ...
I said yes… again
I said yes...again. Marriage is hard. I mean, really hard. You say “I do” to a person that you intend to spend forever with. No one plans on separating when they take their ...
How to Fight Your Spouse for a Stronger Marriage
One of the biggest surprises after you get married is discovering that you will inevitably fight your spouse. If you know how to argue with your spouse, these disagreements can actually strengthen ...
12 Reasons a Marriage Doesn’t Crash & Burn
"Well, you know the statistics. I'm not sure why you're so shocked. I mean, what you and T have is rare, it almost never happens. You really shouldn't be surprised." She declared to me after telling ...
Do You Know the The Most Amazing Selfish Spouse
It sucks to hear myself admit that I am the selfish spouse? Yeah, I am the most amazing selfish spouse. It really really really sucks. Thing is, selfish marriages are incredibly common. And even more ...
Supporting your husband through a job loss
Marriage is hard, and then you find yourself the wife of an unemployed prideful man. The next steps supporting your husband are very critical to the success of your marriage. Just over a year ago, my ...
8 Simple Ways You Can Improve Your Marriage Today
Marriage, like any other relationship, takes diligence to keep it healthy and constantly improving. All areas of our life can stand a little improvement, right? I mean – I can’t think of a single ...
Heartfelt Gifts for Your Five Year Anniversary
Keep the home fires burning with these heartfelt wood gifts for your five year anniversary. These thoughtful, intentional gift ideas will give that five year milestone the respect it ...
Holding on when it gets hard…
"You may lose your job." My husband's boss told him. "We may all lose our jobs once this company takes over." It was the second time that we had been faced with a very stressful issue in our ...