That’s right – I chose a partner based heavily on similar or shared core values. The funny thing is none of this really mattered to me – in a partner – at 19, 20, 21 years old. But something changed for me – at my core – around the age of 25, following a call […]
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It’s incredibly easy to slump in marriage – out of routine, ritual, complacency, and deprivation. All of which are completely normal phases in marriage. But it’s important to remain aware of the meaning and sole purpose of your marriage, and knowing and applying action to getting out of that slump. One of the many things
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For Christmas, my husband got me a couple books on marriage. Yes, we’re one of those couples. Not because we need the help – we find there is always room for learning and improving in a marriage. Even in our summer season. Speaking of seasons – that’s what one of the books is called, The
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We’ve all been there – allowing one bad to outweigh every single good in our marriage. I know I’ve been there – through times when I believed my husband’s priority of the marriage was slipping, when I needed him to be more supportive and accepting of my insecurities and us maintaining the drive we had
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Good communication starts with listening, but that would all be so easy to understand if we all communicated the same. Of course not – men and women both communicate and listen differently. Yet there’s one similarity that is part of our human nature – we all want to be heard. We need to be willingly
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Not just because the timing is so fitting with Thanksgiving around the corner, but I want to dedicate a post as to why I am thankful for my husband. The hardworking, bear-hugging, goofy, encouraging, hilarious, and most loving man I’ve known. As well as give a little #tbt to some pictures from our engagement shoot
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I do love my husband. And I think I love him more for the things I wasn’t expecting to – for the things I never saw in him while we were dating, honestly. So I think I really lucked out with that one. But in reality, nothing in this world truly prepared me for marriage.
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Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook so you don’t miss the latest blog updates! At some point, I think we have all thought, “Where did the romance go? Is our relationship doomed because there’s no romance? Why does it take so much effort for there to be lifelong romance – if we were
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Sometimes the most overlooked part of being a couple is coming up with relationship building date ideas that will deepen your connection without sacrificing the fun. There are ways to have both all while enjoying one another’s company and keeping the romance alive! This is the time to open up on life, and a life
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Have you ever realized that some of the things you could be saying have an immediate and negative effect on your relationship/marriage? Whether you’re in a rocky place already, or in a healthy commitment, there are toxic and immature things we shouldn’t be saying in relationships – period. And yet we’re all guilty of saying
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