July 11, 2022

Cultivating romance into your marriage on a regular basis helps you stay connected heart-to-heart when you don’t see eye-to-eye. Every marriage goes through seasons of conflict, and it’s usually quite intense when it happens. Things can be going along really well and your spouse says something that doesn’t sit right in your mind. So, you

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June 1, 2022

If you’re married and are a Christian, you’ve most likely heard of Gary Chapman’s bestselling book, The Five Love Languages, and may be trying to think of your own love language ideas to put into practice. This is what gave me the idea to offer 5 romantic love language ideas for each of the five

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May 11, 2022

I love the scene in Toy Story when Mr. Potato Head puts on his angry eyes. Or when Mrs. Potato Head takes out her ears and says, “I can’t hear you!” Those are classic scenes that make us laugh. Wouldn’t it be nice at times if we could hand-pick the eyes we want to express the

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May 9, 2022

Romance doesn’t come as naturally in marriage as one would think. It’s similar to one in a canoe on the river. Do nothing, and your relationship will drift. It takes effort to go against the stream of life and romance your spouse. Add to this struggles that are common in all marriages, and drift is

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April 15, 2022

Tom and I have been married for 35 1/2 years, and we’re still building our marriage. It’s a process that should never stop. Just as I will never arrive to the place of perfection in this life, so too, my marriage will always be in need of growth and change. Not realizing this fact causes

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April 14, 2022

Tom and I have been through a lot this past month, and it has stretched us in ways we’ve not been stretched in a long time. On March 20th, our 7th grandchild was born after waiting for two weeks for her to arrive. This wouldn’t normally be difficult, but we live 7 hours apart. We

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March 10, 2022

You may not be familiar with an RQ, and it’s for good reason–I made it up. 🙂 But testing of this kind has been around since the early 1900’s. You’re most likely more familiar with an IQ, which stands for Intelligence Quotient.  Your IQ is determined by measuring your answers to questions asked from others in your

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October 12, 2015

We have had the privilege of having our daughter along with her four children (ages 18 months to 8 years) stay with us this past week. It has been fun, loud and wonderful, but when it comes to romance it has pretty much taken a back seat. Especially since our 3 year old granddaughter sleeps on

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September 14, 2015

We’ve all heard of and may even have a bucket list. The idea stems from the movie of the same name and provides encouragement to be intentional in making the things you hope will happen in your lifetime a reality. It’s no surprise that we need to be intentional in romancing our spouse as well. This

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August 10, 2015

Back to school…three little words that can be a relief to hear or a dreaded reminder that your kids are growing and need new clothes yet again! Back to school shopping can be a stretch on any budget and the first ones to take a back seat during this budget crunch are usually the parents.

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