This week has been a week that we never want to go through. The world watched as our friends & family on the East Cost were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. During times like this, the effective communication you & your spouse have develop is crucial for survival. We send our prayers & thoughts to everyone [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 14 Date Your Spouse
September 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wow! Today is the last day of the challenge. How did you do? Did you enjoy the challenge? Now you know I couldn’t have a challenge that didn’t include dating your spouse. So today’s challenge is about dating your spouse. 14 Day Marriage Challenge: Date Your Spouse Why Date Your Spouse Dating your spouse [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 13 Your Spouse Best Friend
September 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
When people get married one of the things that is often said is “They married their BFF/friend.” When we are a friend, we care deeply for our friend. We are always building on the friendship foundation. Do you still consider your spouse your BFF? Do you like being around your spouse? Are you actually being [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 12 Gift Giving
September 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
Oh how I love it when my husband brings me a just because or thinking you gift! Normally, we buy gifts for holidays and birthdays but what about Just Because! gifts? As husband and wife, we go through our daily duties and tasks but do we really show our spouse, often, that we really appreciate [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 11 Addictions
September 18, 2012 By 9 Comments
As individuals, we have our own way of doing things, our likes and dislikes. We have certain things we love to do, i.e. hobbies. These hobbies are normally self-satisfying. The self-satisfying aspects of the hobbies are what we as married individual (and really anyone single or married) should be aware of their effects on our [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 10 Sharing is Caring
September 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
We had a great speaker, Mario Akopse, during Love Summit to share with us about having work life effectiveness . She mentioned that “you cannot be successful without the support of your spouse.” This support comes in many forms. Many of us work outside the home so when it comes to maintaining the home, the [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge: Day 9 Get Physical
September 14, 2012 By 7 Comments
In today’s society, we are cursed blessed with the luxurious of gourmet food, big screen TVs, video games, the internet and big relaxing recliners. We take advantage of these luxurious every change we get. Over indulging in these activities limit our ability and motivation to get up and get moving. The one thing that is [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge: Day 8 The Notebook
September 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
Time and years go by so fast. Kids grow up. We grow older. We get to a point of wondering where the time went. We look back over the years and reminisce about our marriage and the good times we have had together. However, we are so busy with everyday life that we aren’t always [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge: Day 7 Positive Affirmations
September 12, 2012 By 9 Comments
Compliments and words of encouragement are needed fuel for the body, mind, and soul! This fuel (affirmations) is used to align our thoughts and actions. Affirmations are used to motivate and encourage us to stay focused. Stating positive affirmations daily and throughout the day reinforces why we are thankful for what we have, why we [...]
14 Day Marriage Challenge Day 5: Social Media
September 10, 2012 By 7 Comments
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google +, and Pinterest have become part of our daily web browsing. Most of us are on these social sites for fun, business, or for DIY ideas. Social media have become the new way to communicate with loved ones. However, some have used these social sites for negative reasons and unfortunately I [...]
