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A couple of weekends ago, we visited some friends out of town.  While we were there, we were able to experience two different groups of married couples.  Each group was…well, it’s hard to explain, it was unlike anything Steven and I had really encountered before.  It was a group of people from different churches, all [...]

Keep a notebook about the little things that makes your spouse smile - from clean dishes (that she/he didn’t have to do) to foot rubs to their favorite tv shows.  Pick something from it often to surprise him or her.  (It can be gifts AND/OR gestures)

I saw this

and love it.
Simple sweet carnations paired with some bittersweet in an old fashioned glass milk jug (the mouth of the jug keeps them bunched together) and voila!
Sometimes simple can be SO beautiful.
Cost: About $4

I knew I had made a list like this, but when I went to find it…it wasn’t easy.  And, it was an older list!  I’ve updated it a little to reflect how my life circumstances have changed (I no longer have room for some of the things that were on my list, or some of [...]

My dear husband seems to think I’m really hard to buy for, and I disagree…I could buy for me all day long with someone else’s money.
So, here’s my list of things I really really like.  (There are more lists all over this blog, but I’m gonna put this one in a safe place like on [...]

Resolve to say only nice things TO and ABOUT your spouse, today.

It must be a funny (pitiful) sight to see me “running.”  Really, it’s almost amusing at how quickly I become out of breath as I try for the first time in my life to really start running.  I was told running would be hard, that it’d take months - if not years - for it [...]

Get to know your spouse better.
Today, come up with a list of 10 questions - things you don’t know about your spouse but would like to.  Hopefully, they’ll want to participate and will come up with questions for you, too.  If not, that’s okay.
If you feel like you know everything, ask silly questions like:
- If [...]

Realize your spouse was never meant to be your everything.
However, God was.