Month: September 2015

Staff Meeting

In which we discuss our mission statement, de-brief our social media communities and shell out plenty of thank yous. By Celeste I wanted to take a break from our regular scheduled programming here on the blog to say thank you to all of you readers and supporters. Also, to give a little de-briefing on the progress and direction of this blog. I consider you all my staff, so it’s like a staff meeting. And who doesn’t like staff meetings?? MISSION STATEMENT Hello. Welcome to our meeting. To start off, I thought I’d remind you all of our mission statement here… Read More

A Family that Plays Together Stays Together

Successful marriages are established and maintained by . . . WHOLESOME RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES This post is part of a 10-part series celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Family: A Proclamation to the World, specifically the sentence, “”Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.” I met Kerry on a Facebook group for LDS bloggers. I always noticed Kerry was always so kind to share everyone’s posts and give such genuine, thoughtful comments on everyone’s work, expecting nothing in return. I’ve been so impressed with her. … Read More

Successful Marriages are Established and Maintained by Work

Successful Marriages are Established and Maintained by . . . WORK. By Lea Child This post is part of a 10-part series celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Family: A Proclamation to the World, specifically the sentence, “”Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.” I’m so glad I asked Lea to guest post for this series. I’m also glad she was willing to talk about “work” in marriage. To be honest, sometimes when we hear about how hard marriage can be and how much… Read More

How to Expand Your Capacity for Compassion in Your Marriage

Successful marriages are established and maintained by . . . COMPASSION. By Amber Anderson This post is part of a 10-part series celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Family: A Proclamation to the World, specifically the sentence, “”Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.” Amber has been my good friend and neighbor for the past four years and wow, I’m blown away by her post. I feel like all the good marriage advice given on this blog somehow is summarized in Amber’s post. Awesome… Read More

Choosing Love Over Fear When You Notice Your Spouse’s Imperfections

Successful marriages are established and maintained by . . . LOVE. By Celeste This post is part of a 10-part series celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Family: A Proclamation to the World, specifically the sentence, “”Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.” I initially wrote this post last year, but I’ve shined it up a bit and given it a new title for our Celebrate the Proclamation series. I think it fits well in talking about love because the opposite of love often… Read More