Growing Together in Marriage
Growing together in marriage is necessary for a lasting, happy, successful, and healthy marriage. As part of our family goals for every new year, we read at least one book together. What we read. We enjoy reading books that will help us learn,...
How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money (Without Fighting)
Talking about money with your spouse can be intimidating for many of us, especially when your views about it are so different. However, agreeing about money; from earning to spending to saving and investing with your spouse is critical to having...
Our Best Marriage Lesson From the First Year
Like many couples, little did we know we would learn so much about married life during our first year of marriage. However, there's one lesson that has been essential in building a strong foundation for our marriage. So today, we are going to share...
Paying Attention to Your Spouse
Are you paying attention to your spouse? Arguments are inevitable, right? Distractions are unavoidable in this day and age. This is the reasoning we may use after a big disagreement with our spouse. This is a great way to justify our lack of...
Expectations in Marriage: How to Identify, Communicate, and Compromise With Your Spouse (Worksheet Included)
Expectations in marriage is one of the things we didn't learn about until somewhere between our second and third year of marriage. And when we did learn about our marriage expectations, it was hard to believe no one had told us, or that it wasn't...
Our Peaceful Family Life: Learn From Us
Peaceful family life! Having a peaceful family life (our family theme) is one of our important goals. As a couple, we believe it is essential to have simple, common, yet integral goals for your marriage, and family. We decided that having a...
Forbidden Words in a Marriage
Do you have any forbidden words in your marriage? Early on our marriage, the first couple months, we had a very important discussion about divorce. It's amazing how much a relationship can change after we say the words, "I do". It seemed like all...
Is She the One for Me to Marry?
Are they the one for me? How do you know? We all get to answer this question once we are engaged or plan to be in a serious relationship. But how do you know if he or she is the one for you? Hopefully, by having our two responses and approaches,...
How to Know If He is The One: 12 Questions You Should Ask Yourself
How do you know if he is the one for you? I remember being asked this question when we were engaged. And it was always by different people. Is he the one? Is he the right one for you to marry? What signs showed you he's the one? I remember the...
Kids Spell Love Time
Do kids spell love time? This past week our daughter just proved to me (again) why kids spell love time and why every parent needs to spend quality time with their children. I was introduced to this parenting advice by my mentor, Zig Ziglar, who...