I can’t remember our early years of marriage without remembering the story. Once, twice, three times a week—as we lay in bed, his arm wrapped around me, wrapping up another day—he’d start the story with the same question: Do you remember the day we met? No answer required. All on his own, my husband unraveled…
For a talky-mctalkson like myself, going to premarital counseling was heaps of fun. What could be better than hours and hours of talking about us, understanding us, building us-skills, and all under the watchful and loving eye of a mentor? A few weeks into it, a friend asked how premarital counseling was going. “Aren’t you…
My husband and I both love dramas. We’re foodies and enjoy a delicious dinner at a fabulous restaurant. Our favorite vacations are spent at the beach. From crafts to rehabbing an entire house, DIY is the way we roll. We enjoy spending a quiet night reading our favorite books, although I love fiction and he…
I feel incredibly blessed and humbled to be happily married. However, I know that many people do not share my experience of joy in marriage. As I shared in Five Marriage Lessons From a Newlywed, one of the main messages about marriage that I heard from so many people before I got married was one…
The last time I wrote, I posed this question: Wouldn’t it be nice if our first inclination was to love our spouse in the way he or she needed to be loved? Let’s probe that a bit deeper. First, wouldn’t if be nice if our first inclination was to love another? Secondly, wouldn’t it be…
