This past week has been our annual birthday week. Cindy’s birthday was last week, and this week Steve had his. As a result, we can say without hesitation that we did (and continue to do) a whole lot of holding hands and kissing! After all, we’re married. God gives us Read More…
A few days ago, we celebrated something we call Thanksgiving Day. What a blessed time of peaceable celebrating! This is an official holiday where we pause to give God thanks for our many blessings. Personally, it was a great day for us with family and friends. But we learned an Read More…
“There is a book titled, ‘Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.’ But have you noticed that it IS the ‘small stuff’ in marriages that oftentimes cause couples to become irritated with their spouses? “That use to be us. Big Time! Now what is Big Time with us is that we make Read More…
You take care of everything and everyone else, but do you take care of your marriage relationship? Do you connect with your spouse everyday? You were intentional in connecting together in conversation, spending time together, and such before marriage. If you hadn’t, you probably wouldn’t be married today. But now Read More…
When you first fell in love, and before you married, was your love for each other evident? Did you speak and show love to each other through affectionate words and actions? We did. We didn’t hesitate to show our love for each other both in public displays of affection, and when Read More…
Young or old, we can all use good marriage advice from some of the “experts.” After all, whose marriage is perfect? It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been married, we can always improve things. In the last Marriage Insight we shared with you some EXPERT MARRIAGE ADVICE. (If you didn’t Read More…
If you’re anything like us, you need tools and connection questions to help you grow in your marriage relationship. Our busy lives have a way of pushing us apart from each other. That’s why we’re always looking for new ideas, that will help us to reconnect in meaningful ways. And Read More…
I ran across something from an old Focus on the Family magazine where Deena McClure wrote the following, concerning the “job” of kissing: “With our meal completed, I brought a homemade apple pie to the table, placed it in front of my husband and gave him a kiss. Our 6-year Read More…
We’ve heard it said that with your spouse, it’s important to “pay attention to your rituals of connection at the beginning and the end of the day.” This includes how you greet your spouse. Otherwise, a type of disconnection begins to take place in your marriage. That goes along with Read More…
