Month: June 2015

Weekly Marriage Tip: Devote Yourself to Your Spouse’s Success

Sometimes this blog serves as more a journal for me when I come across ideas for marriage improvement that I want to remember. I came across an idea I want to remember. Last night I was reading an article about the LDS prophet Ezra Taft Benson and his wife Flora. Some people gave her flack for marrying “just a farm boy” when she was so wealthy and accomplished and popular. But she loved Ezra. And more than that, she believed in him. She said, “I am going to do all within my power to help him be known and felt… Read More

Real Life Stories Guest Post

By Celeste I’m writing over at The Joy Blog today.  Lana has done some amazing work on this blog. She brings together real life stories dealing with everything from physical handicaps, to death in the family and asks people how they overcame these challenges and how they choose joy.  I’m a big advocate of her purpose. Meet Lana- the joy maker. She asked me to talk about one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through.  Initially, I thought about talking about that time I bought my kids a Sesame Street Saxaphone (SO loud), but in the end I wrote… Read More

Wearing Your Marital Weight on Your Hips: Putting Your Marriage Efforts In All The Right Places

I recently purchased one of those baby carriers (for my now toddler baby) where you can wear them on your back and barely even feel them. It’s glorious. My one year old LOVES (read: demands) to be held, so this has been a great purchase. Without it, my arms and back can get quite sore. With it, I can carry him for way longer and expend way less energy. Another example: before I learned how to swim correctly, I wasted A LOT of energy trying to do free style staying flat on my stomach and using mostly my arm strength for momentum.… Read More

Why You Should Get Together With Other Couples More Often

By Josalyn I remember having a conversation with our good friends, Josalyn and David once about advice we were given when we were first married. Josalyn said one I had never heard before- someone told her that to strengthen her marriage they should get together often with other couples.   This advice sort of seems contradictory- like if you have a free night to bond with your spouse it seems like you should just spend it alone with your spouse. And sometimes you should, but I really think there is something to the idea that getting together with other people… Read More