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Make Time For What Matters
We are so busy with the lives we lead that it becomes automatic after awhile. Careers, family, household duties, the list goes on. They matter but is it what we want to do? I blog about relationships and those relationships go beyond just marriage and dating but also relationships we have with our children, our friends, and our selves. Are we making time for what matters in those relationships? Sometimes I become so routine to the point where a week will go by and all I can remember is waking up, going to work, coming home, doing homework, making dinner, and preparing to do it all over again the next day. If time…
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Images of Love
Lately, I feel like everywhere I look the world is showcasing images of couples in love. I love the idea of people displaying their love for their partner, but on a side note what I don’t appreciate is the idea that this is something new now that celebrities are finding out that showing their love for one another is appealing. With the magic of social media and the acceptance of fans showing how much they love that you love your boo, long-term relationships must be a new thing for the rest of the world, UM NO!. I know couples who have been madly in love with each other for years. They loved being…
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Marriage and Finances
There are three major things I feel can ruin a marriage. Number one infidelity, number two lack of trust, and number three money. When it comes to money and how it is handled in a relationship it varies from relationship to relationship. How relationships evolve into a pattern of money spending and investing depends solely on the couple and how they manage their lives together. My husband and I have been together since we were teenagers and had no clue as to how to manage money. We have grown together as a couple which means we choose to combine everything to create a balanced household. With so many expenses, kids in college, and…
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10 Things to do for Valentines Day
This post is for those that do celebrate Valentine’s Day. I guess it would be those in a new relationship or those who are in the honeymoon stages of their marriage. I am not against this holiday by any means, I just feel that you should show your love for one another all the time instead of once a year. Now I am not saying exhaust yourself with gift-giving every day, just reminders every now and again throughout the year. That being said it is now time to give you how I think Valentine’s Day should be spent with the one you love. Check out the museum or the aquarium. I have always…
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Ex Lovers as Friends
This is a question that has been posed to me and my acceptance of it in my marriage. Now if you follow my blog or podcast you know how I feel about ex anything. Ex-boyfriends, Ex-girlfriends, Ex friend with benefits, ex whatever it is not happening in my relationship. Some may say I am insecure, but believe me that is not it. I trust my husband and I trust our union, now can I trust that the ex only wants to be a friend, well, that I don’t know and I don’t think there is ever a way to tell. Things always start out innocent but remember there was a reason they dated…
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Traveling with your spouse
Traveling with my husband is one of the things I really love about being in a relationship with someone I love. We have had our experiences good and bad traveling, but we always come out with a little more enjoyment and love for one another. Just recently we took a short vacation to Washington DC to tour the White House. Although we have traveled to this location before, it was like being there for the first time, because we were traveling without children. Those of you with children know what it is like to attend anything with young children, it’s all about them and their comfort and your ability to keep them behaving appropriately.…
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Can you love the unforgivable?
I use to think that in order to deepen your love for someone you must love unconditionally. My husband has brought to my attention that loving unconditionally is a bunch of bull. The example he uses is, if one day I just kick him in the face four times without reason, without apology, or without remorse he cannot continue to love me unconditionally. He will start to love me with conditions. You keep kicking me we are going to have a problem. There are conditions! Which only makes sense. Love is so many things, but it is not one that holds a grudge or a reminder of the things you have done…
