Sometimes it’s the simplest things that can reconnect us. We often think that “working on our marriage” must mean planning elaborate getaway weekends, reading marital advice books, going to seminars and revving things up in the bedroom. All those things are well and fine, and can and do help our marriages but we don’t always need a big production to get results.

This post over at (In)courage took my breath away and made me think, first about how I respond to my husband when he compliments me and second, how simply we can bring love back into our lives, just by paying attention. For example:

Four Fixations

Four times a day think on love. When I leave the marriage bed, leave the front door, when I return to front door, return to marriage bed. These are the four critical archways of time in our day. Touch or whisper a sweet nothing when passing through these gate points, and we walk into hours of closeness. Forever love fixates like fresh love.

The entire post is pure poetry and I encourage you to read it and embrace it and learn from it.

Tomorrow, Erika will challenge us with something a bit more elaborate. It will stretch the comfort zones of many of us (including me!) but I think we can all find confidence in ourselves and a marriage that has been spiced up just by giving it a chance.

Tell us, what little thing do you do each day to keep a connection, a spark going between you and your husband?

photo credit: Clip Art from Microsoft Office Online