Secrets Kills Marriages

Iylana Fix My Life episode this weekend with the Pace Sisters was powerful! Do you guys watch that show? Well, I love that show and I got so much from watching her help those ladies and there were some great takeaways for us married folks. How damaging are secrets? When we get married we are [...]

Conflict resolution in marriage

Conflict resolution in marriage

Conflict, conflict, conflict….marriages will have conflicts. Even when the couple that has the best intentions will have a disagreement every now and again.  There will be times when you and your spouse do not see eye to eye. But what do you do when those disagreements turn into full fledged screaming & yelling matches? It [...]

The Struggle is Real

Marriage this…Marriage that! Married couples have good days…but they also have bad days. The struggle is real in marriage. As soon as you think you have kicked an issue, here comes something else. Marriage Real Talk Marriage is not all roses & sunshine every day. Anyone that enters marriage thinking so will face some depressing [...]

How to properly communicate sensitive issues

Have you had to talk about a not so easy topic & didn’t when or how? In marriage, we will have those times we must talk to our spouse about sensitive topics. We always hope for the best but we also know that things can go left if we don’t present it right & at [...]

April Fool

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It’s April first & as kids we played jokes on each other on this day. I’m not sure where that started but it happens. Well, today I thought my hubby was playing an April fool joke on me. He agreed to start remodeling the house. Well, I thought it was a joke because I’ve only [...]

Home Run Movie Review

Home Run the movie

It’s date night but with others as well. We had the opportunity to preview the movie Home Run, which will be in theaters on April 19. We previewed the movie with other couples from our Marriage ministry at church. We were fortunate to be able to host the  preview at our salon. We were happy [...]

Love Always Perseveres

Love always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:7 Love does not give up on those it loves. When it is hurt, it forgives. When it is rejected, it accepts. When it is misunderstood, it is kind. When it is ignored, it serves. When it is unloved, it loves. Persevering love waits on the one it loves, especially [...]

Marriage frustration

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Inauguration of President Obama

Today, we witnessed President Barack Obama take the oath of office for the second time on Martin Luther King National holiday. In watching the inauguration and hearing the speech, I was just reminded of how we must work together in marriage just as President Obama is asking all in political office to work together. Inauguration [...]

Love is not Selfish

Love Dare

Love Dare Week 3- Love is not Selfish Be devoted to one another in brotherly love;  give preference to one another in honor.  – Romans 12:10 Selfish as defined by Merriam Webster is concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one’s own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others. More [...]

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