Month: February 2016

How to Bring Out Your Spouse’s Best Side

To bring out our spouse’s best side, we should believe in them, let go and love unconditionally.   Sometimes when marriage is hard, it seems like it will never be good again. Sometimes when our spouse is in a bad mood it seems like they will never be in a good mood again. And when they’ve disappointed us or just aren’t shaping up to be the version of themselves we envisioned when we married them, sometimes its hard to see our spouses in the best light. I think this happens to all of us at some time or another. Here… Read More

My Best Marriage Advice After 10 Years of Marriage

My best marriage advice: you cannot solve most of your spouse’s problems, nor should you expect them to solve yours, but you CAN be a soft place for them to land. By Rachel Neilson I’ve already sung Rachel’s abundant and well-deserved praises when she guest posted for our infertility series here. So I won’t embarrass her further. But I will say that I can’t stop thinking about this advice! “Be a cushion against the writhing for your spouse.” It’s beautiful and totally within our power. -Celeste When Ryan and I were in Mexico celebrating our 10th anniversary, we started chatting… Read More

Prompt Fourteen: 14 Days of Remembering to Love

Prompt 14 in our 14 Days of Love series is to think of something you could do to make your spouse happy TODAY. Prompt 14: What could you do TODAY to make your spouse happy? Hmm, I could do the dishes for him (he always does dinner dishes). Oorrrrr, something I learned during this series . . . . Your turn! What is something you could do today to make your spouse happy? (extra credit: DO THAT THING!) Oh! And I put all of the love prompts into a handy dandy printable so you can print it out, fill them… Read More

Prompt Thirteen: 14 Days of Remembering to Love

Prompt 13 of our 14 Days of Love series is to share something your spouse did this week that you appreciated. Prompt 13: Share something your spouse did this week that you appreciated. I linked to an article on our Facebook page last year that said you shouldn’t “volun-tell” your spouse to do things. You should let them make their own service choices. Sometimes I’m not very good at this. Last week for instance, I signed Rich and I both up to volunteer at our oldest daughter’s school carnival. Rich didn’t bat an eye and was so much better at… Read More

Prompt Twelve: 14 Days of Remembering to Love

Prompt 12 in our 14 Days of Love series is to reminisce about the first time you said “I love you.” Prompt 12: Reminisce about the first time you said, “I love you” to your spouse. I write personal things about my marriage all the time on this blog, but for some reason this prompt is eliciting a, “Hey none of your business” reaction from me (yes I see the irony that I came up with the prompt). Its just that this memory is so deeply mushy that telling you all the details just might make you all suffocate from… Read More