“I first fell in love with his eyes” “There’s just something about her eyes” So much of falling in love with someone has something to do with the eyes. Sing with me, all you who lived in the 90's.....Look into my eyes...You will see...What you mean to me…. When Joe and I started dating in ... VIEW POST
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I’m Not Defensive!
Defensiveness is ugly. It doesn't look good on anyone. "Stop being so defensive!" Me defensive? You're the one who's being defensive! “But I” “But you” “At Least I” “Well I don’t”. Defend, defend, defend, because there's just no way I'm wrong here. No. Way. Joe and I have both ... VIEW POST
Two Simple Ways to Add Romance
As I sat down to write this weekend it almost slipped my mind that this was Valentine’s Day week! Joe and I were out of town last week for a marriage ministry conference so I lost track of what day it even was. But with having a marriage blog I figured I shouldn’t miss this holiday, right? ... VIEW POST
Accepting your Spouse “AS IS”
Our family recently went to see The Greatest Showman. One of the best performances was "This is Me", a powerful song about self-acceptance and a plea for others to accept them as well. Joe does not care for musicals much (I know, he lives and breathes music and does music for a living and he ... VIEW POST
Can You Hear Me Now?
Do you ever feel like there’s no point in talking with your spouse because it’s always a losing propostition? Not just when it’s an argument you’re going to lose, but that your spouse just can’t understand you, so what’s the point? It’s both of you talking, “listening”, saying stuff. But ... VIEW POST
When Your Spouse is Struggling
It’s not you it’s me. Usually that line is considered a cop-out, but for us it rang very true during seasons of our marriage. Something feels off in our relationship, okay so what did I do wrong. Is something wrong with "us"? But the tension that we felt stemmed from the personal stuff Joe was ... VIEW POST