Wedded Bliss Guest Author

Wedded Bliss Guest Author

The Five Percent Rule

The Five Percent Rule

by Wendy Strgar

What ever happened to your new years resolutions? The best of intentions can and do often fall from our attention as time moves forward which is why when it comes to life changes, think small and work to remain consistent. Someone told me a long time ago that if you can change any [...]

Don't Assume What He Is Thinking

Don't Assume What He Is Thinking

As the meeting went on, past the scheduled ending time, I felt my stomach clutch into a knot. Knowing my man was waiting for me and yet wanting to stay until the end of the meeting, I found myself feeling tense and uncomfortable.
I knew he would be upset and I find myself bending over backwards [...]

Five Steps to Teenage Proof Your Marriage

Five Steps to Teenage Proof Your Marriage

Is your marriage teenager proof?
When your child was a toddler there was MOPS or various play groups that provided a place to connect and find support among fellow mothers. Years down the road many parents are blindsided by the reality of how their world can be turned upside down with teenagers just as much as [...]

The New Definition of Getting Lucky

The New Definition of Getting Lucky

Mid-way through our call this morning, the phone started cutting out.
“I can’t hear you,” my husband said. I least I think that’s what he said. It sounded like, “I –n’t h–r y–.”
I repeated what I’d said, but I suppose he could only hear half of it, and then he gave up. “We’ll talk tonight,” he [...]

How to Decide Who to Marry: By Kids

How to Decide Who to Marry: By Kids

By: Salma Rumman
Reprinted from Divine Caroline

Kids contemplate marriage.
How would you make your marriage work?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
Ricky, age 10
How can a stranger tell if two people are married?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
[...]

Celebrating the Sanctuary of Love

Celebrating the Sanctuary of Love

Today's post is a reprinted from Lylah Ledner of "simple home living". The post has been edited for length and is part two of the article that appeared last week. Lylah's posts about marriage are very inspiring and encouraging and we are delighted to share this bit of widsom from her with you.
The Power of [...]

Therapeutic Writing

Therapeutic Writing

Today's post comes from Divine Caroline writer S. Devo.
I met my husband in high school and he graduated a year before me. We got married my senior year and we were madly in love. However, shortly after we began living together, I realized that I did not know him very well. I noticed things about [...]

Backache, Backpacks, and a Better Marriage

Backache, Backpacks, and a Better Marriage

How can an injured back and a Scout hiking trip that you don't even attend
improve your marriage?
The night before my husband and son were to leave for a winter campout in
the mountains, my husband was doing some last minute tasks when his back
suddenly began hurting.  I went upstairs to find him lying flat on his
back, [...]

Does your family have a fully stocked First Aid kit?

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