…the second installment of our evaluation of the essential ingredients for a fulfilling and enduring marriage. If you’ve already glimpsed the transformative power of giving your all, embracing change together, learning to fight well, and being respectful of your partner in nurturing the bonds of matrimony, now, we will delve deeper into the heart of what sustains a thriving partnership. Let’s uncover the significance of the top three crucial…
Check out These Powerful Ingredients for How to Stay Married
Ten years is a big deal these days. While it is a big deal to hit the ten-year milestone in marriage, it still feels like we have so much more life to live together….
Now, with Valentine’s Day just past us, and the start of wedding season coming up soon after that, it is appropriate to open a discussion about marital success. To do this, I collected the thoughts and stories of several women who have been married for a minimum of seven years. I asked them specifically to respond to the following question:
“What makes marriage work? Please take a moment to share your 1-3 ideas about what you believe makes for a successful, lifelong, generally joyful, and fulfilled marriage.”
Choosing Love, Grace, And Patience-Because Your Relationships Matter
We make choices every day. Most of the choices we make seem harmless. However, there are many choices we make every day, some of which are mentioned above, that effect our lives and the lives of those around us whom we love and adore. The effects can either be positive or they can have harmful, even dire outcomes on our relationships.
Choosing love, grace, and patience in our response and actions is not easy to do. It will require we put away many old habits, and start practicing new ones daily. You will need to be intentional. Finally, it will require paying attention to the words we choose, our demeanor, and our attitude.
That is why I invite you…
Still in Love! Make Your Anniversary Special with Traditional Gifts
…we should always be celebrating one another with simple daily reminders of our love for each other. However, I believe an anniversary is a momentous occasion that is…one way that remains the same each and every year is giving each other traditional anniversary gifts. Below I have outlined a traditional anniversary gifts guide for each year up to…
Four Secrets to Make Your Boyfriend Feel Like Your Valentine
Let’s face it women! We expect a lot from him on that special day. But rarely do we put much thought into how we can make that day special for him…To make the day special, do some meaningful things for him that make the day as special for him as it is for you. Below are Four Secrets to Making your Man Feel like your Valentine!
Ten Unique ways to Date your Spouse
…dates should be about the things that brought the two of you together way, way back in the beginning days when you still had butterflies over the other. Dates should be fun, should remind you both why you love each other, should bring about smiles and laughs, should make you want to take pictures so you can look back at the memories made during that date, and should be an event that you don’t want to end…