Is there really thing as the "perfect" gift for your spouse? And if there is, how in the world would you duplicate it one year to the next? It's almost impossible! I recently learned of MeaningFull Books by my friend Connor James who is the founder of the idea. We met over coffee and he
The 5 Love Languages – What to Do and How to Show Them
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You might have tuned into the episode of our podcast where we broke down the 5 Love Languages. (If you missed it, tune in here). Do you know what your spouse's Love Languages are? We have to admit that we didn't until we took the online quiz and started exploring how we can practice these 5 ways
Send a Sweet Text! 15 Ideas of What to Say
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It’s the little things that matter….and in one of our recent blog post, 5 Ways to Praise Your Husband, we shared a few simple ways to keep the romance alive by encouragement – one being, to send an unexpected text during the day. If your life is anything like ours, with four kids, careers and
MM 044: Things I Don’t Like About My Wife
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Could you imagine telling your wife to her face the things you don't like about her? What if she asked you to tell her and she really meant it? Would you jump on the chance? I did! Find out what I had to say and what Mandy's response was. Spoiler alert: I came out of the podcast without any new
MM: 041 How to Practice Gentleness in Your Marriage
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Being gentle in your marriage is easy at times and feels impossible at other times. Here's what we've learned on being gentle to each other through the good and bad times. What does gentleness mean? Here's our definition: Loving and respecting your spouse with an even temper and having strength
MM: 038 How to Make a Military Marriage Work
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Marriage is already tough. But a military marriage is even tougher. We've had several readers ask for our tips when Jeff was deployed to Iraq so we thought we would share how we were able to make it work. Even though it was almost a decade ago that Jeff was deployed, it does totally feel like we're
MM 034: The Love Languages
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Do you know what your spouse's Love Language is? We have to admit that we didn't either... UNTIL we discovered The Five Love Languages and took the online quiz. In this podcast, we talk about what the Love Languages are all about and then share with you what each of our love languages
MM 030: The 22 Day Prayer Challenge
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It was one of those times where our marriage was in a rut. We couldn’t place our finger on one particular thing that was bringing us down. It was more a culmination of things that lead to us feeling that our marriage wasn’t working. We had already been through marriage counseling in the past so
MM 019: Declutter Your Life, Reduce Stress and Love More!
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When I walk by the kitchen counter? I see stacks of unopened mail, coupons I keep and never use, kids artwork from school and lots of, what I like to call, random papers. Ohhhhhh the random papers. I cringe. It's the same when I walk into the kids bedrooms and I see unfinished bags of goldfish,
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