It’s amazing how God designed our bodies to experience and benefit from laughter. The saying “Laughter is good medicine” is really true! Our brain releases endorphins, feel-good chemicals, that can help us feel more relaxed and cheerful. The day-to-day running of a household and maintenance of a marriage can sometimes be all business and lack [...]
Happy Summer! If you’ve been around here awhile, you might notice that I often refer to Dr. Gary Chapman’s books. They are so helpful in navigating relationships, aren’t they? In April’s post, I wrote about hearing him on a podcast and talking about When Sorry Isn’t Enough: Making Things Right with Those You [...]
Being married to someone means that you see the best side of them. It also means that you see the worst, and everything in between. Sometimes we keep track of the things our spouse does that annoy us. We might even complain about them to someone else. But is that the best way to go [...]
I heard Dr. Gary Chapman on a podcast recently giving advice about marriage and family. One of the hosts, who raved about his book The Five Love Languages, asked him how to improve her relationship with her husband. She already knew his love language and had been speaking it for years, but wanted to take [...]
Have you ever wished you could trade places with someone, to see what life would be like through their eyes? Movies like “Freaky Friday,” where a mother and daughter switch places, are fun to watch. We see the characters struggle through, make realizations about how the other person doesn’t necessarily have it as easy as [...]
Do you ever wish your spouse could read your mind? I sometimes do! The reality is though, that only God can read our minds. Our spouses cannot. When we really think about it, it’s probably better that way! Once we accept and embrace this fact, it can be a game-changer in our marriage. Instead of [...]
Everyone loves a good love story. Music, movies, and literature have documented them for thousands of years. Recently I’ve been reading through The Little House on the Prairie series again and I forgot how the last several books document Laura Ingalls’ love story with her husband, Almanzo Wilder. It’s so sweet and I’m loving it. [...]
It’s the end of 2020, we made it! It has definitely been a year to remember. It’s been a year full of change and adjustment. A year ago, we didn’t have the same everyday vocabulary we do now: social distancing, flattening the curve, unprecedented, uncertain. While a lot of negative things have happened in the [...]
When you’ve been married more than a few years, you’ve earned the gift of perspective—being able to look back and see how you’ve changed or grown. When my husband and I first got married, he loved to talk to me about things I did not care about. Honestly, I often found my mind wandering when [...]
Have you ever found that you and your spouse are like ships in the night, coming and going without any meaningful interaction? Or have you found that you’re acting more like roommates, putting up with each other and doing your own things? I think we all have! There are seasons of life that get busy, [...]
