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Together Time

Regular readers of my marriage blog will know I’m a big advocate of together time. All couples need that time together to revitalize their relationship. Yesterday was such a day for us. It wasn’t that we both didn’t have a million things needing to be done. We did. But nothing is more important than our marriage and we were aware it had been ages since we’d just had a day out together. We decided to go down the coast to a place called Birdland, as I discovered they had owls. I love and collect owls of ceramic, wood and glass. … Continue reading →

Too Valuable To Waste

Yep, we‘ve all seen it in homes of other people, maybe in our own homes the man who sits back and lets his wife do all the dishes. Let me tell you it doesn’t happen in our house. Mick washes the dishes and I dry. Yes, we vaguely toyed with the idea of a dishwasher after we moved, but never went ahead with it. One reason was expense and not having a lot of room. We’d have to lose a kitchen cupboard to put one in. But the more important reason is because that time doing dishes is put to … Continue reading →

Tips to Strengthen Your Marriage

So what things have we done in our marriage that you might incorporate in yours if you aren’t already doing them? Let me share some tips you might find helpful. This first one I would say is perhaps most important of all. Make Time Together a Priority In busy lives with work and family, this one gets too easily pushed aside unless we’re careful. Make time together a priority, whether it’s sitting chatting, sharing a favorite movie, playing a game, or watching your favorite sport as we did on Saturday night, after spending time with our whole family earlier in … Continue reading →

Stubbornness an Asset in Marriage

Stubbornness is a quality that can be detrimental in a marriage when each person sticks rigidly to their point of view, always insisting they are right. But stubbornness can also be an asset in marriage. The positive aspect of stubbornness is simply known by other name- an alias if you like. It’s called determination. As you all know I’m a writer and writers know a lot about stubbornness. They have too or they will not survive. They have to be stubborn to battle the odds just to get published, to get rejections and criticisms and changes in the publishing industry … Continue reading →