Next month, Ken and I will celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. I love him more and more as time goes on. Getting here, however, has been a bumpy ride. We’ve recently started helping out in a Sunday school class for newly married couples. The leaders of the class are delightful long-married folks, so I think, [...]

I love my husband! But life is, well… life, and it’s great to have a few reminders of how and why to keep things fresh in our marriage. I know I’m not alone in this, so I’ve collected a few great links from around the web to share with you! Denise in Bloom reminds us [...]

Now that you’re convinced that couple getaways are essential to the health of your marriage (see yesterday’s post), how do you make these getaways work in real life? After all, we’re busy, kids need caring for, and most of us don’t have much wiggle-room in the household budget. Once again, I asked some godly gal-pals [...]

In a recent conversation, a friend told me she has never had even one night away from the children for a romantic couple getaway. That made me sad! Because she and her husband have six young children, a couple getaway just seems entirely too difficult. I’ve thought that way before, too, in my first – [...]

I’m not blogging much on this Thanksgiving holiday week, but Oh Amanda’s “Top Ten Tuesday” sounded like a fun little idea for a post. (Psst! This is my first time joining in her top ten fun!) I’m sharing the top ten ways my husband blesses me (in no particular order): He listens to me. He [...]