Exercise! Eat right! Get enough sleep!
It’s good advice for women: take care of your needs first. And if you’re married and have young children, you can add this wrinkle: you need to take care of your marriage, too.
For moms and dads who are overwhelmed with the demands of jobs, life, diapers, nighttime feedings, and toddlers clinging to every limb, finding time for love isn’t easy. After you’ve finally tucked kids into cribs and beds, it’s natural to want to fall into your own bed. All by yourself.
Doing so isn’t a bad idea from time to time. But going to bed alone regularly might not be the best thing for your marriage. Good marriages are good for myriad reasons, one of which is that the spouses in a good marriages make little choices, every day, that benefit their marriage. These couples set aside time for each other: time to talk, walk, laugh, and play. They make time to discuss the tough stuff (budgeting) as well as the fun stuff (vacations). They make sure to treat each other with kindness and respect, and they extend plenty of grace and mercy to their only-human spouse.
And although couples in good marriages may fall into bed exhausted and alone on occasion, they also make plenty of time to fall into bed together.
Exercise followed by sleep. Now all you need is a good salad.
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I totally agree…I don't have any children yet, but I know that when I do I still want to work on my marriage. Adults still need time for themselves and I hear that when you have kids that you sometimes forget that. I hope that I don't…because I think being a good mom and dad and being a good husband and wife go hand in hand!
Great post and advice, Kirsetin! My husband and I were together for 5 months before our wedding day and we were pregnant after 9 months of marriage. We vowed then to keep our marriage a priority in order to raise a strong family….and so far it's working!