Have you ever considered your different vantage points as a husband and wife? One sees things one way and the other sees things another. It’s called vantage points. For many different reasons we don’t see things the same way. We just went through this issue last night. I (Cindy) saw 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…
So… are you tired of talking about this “challenging” time in our history? Yes… we are too! We’re over the top tired. But that doesn’t mean we can ignore it hoping it will go away. It won’t. If we could close our eyes, wish it away, and it would all Read More…
Are you using this time of “social distancing” to tap in to your spouse? How about your family? What do we mean by the term “tapping in?” Several weeks ago our friend Debi Walter, from The Romantic Vineyard ministry made a great point on this issue. In her blog, “Tap Read More…
Connecting together, as a couple and a family is especially important during this difficult time when the Coronavirus is causing so many of us to be homebound. Some of you are home because you lost your job. Or it could be that your school is shut down. Some of you Read More…
How often do you and your spouse check in to connect with each other? Do you connect daily, or do you connect weekly? How about monthly? Or maybe you don’t even think about its importance. We sure do. As a couple we see the fallback when we do not at Read More…
I just read a “one liner” that stated, “One day I’ll look up from my phone and realize my kids put me in a nursing home.” I’m thinking the same can be stated another way. “One day I’ll look up from my phone (or computer) and realize my spouse has left Read More…
You see it almost EVERYWHERE! People are taking pictures of themselves almost everywhere you look. And that’s okay in certain circumstances. But it’s so over the top now that you begin to wonder. With all of this emphasis on me, me, me… what about those who are around me? Are Read More…
There’s something important that Sheila Gregoire and her husband Keith talked about in a Focus on the Family radio program. The title of the program is “Thinking Your Way to a Better Marriage.” In it, they discussed how married couples have a tendency to drift apart over time. That’s why it’s important Read More…
