Month: June 2016

The Power of a Good Greeting: 5 Ways to Connect With Your Spouse at the End of the Day

The first minute when you see your spouse at the end of the day sets the tone for the rest of the night. Make it count! A typical scene when my husband gets home from work: I’m trying to finish up transforming ramen and broccoli into something that will pass as “dinner.” Sadly, the kids’ screen time has just expired and they are acting as though they’ve never had the TV shut off before. My husband enters in and my first thought is, “Shoot! I wasted the afternoon! Why didn’t I start dinner sooner?” Husband enters in a chaotic scene… Read More

Book Review: For All Eternity

A Review of For All Eternity, a book by John Lund

A review of the book For All Eternity by Dr. John Lund. My friend Sabrina, who posted her Share the Love post with us last month had such great advice that she gleaned from the book For All Eternity that I knew I had to ask her to do a separate book review post. Even if you don’t think you’ll read the book, you should seriously get in on the advice/overview she’s written for us. This post is littered with gold nuggets of communication wisdom. Content communicating?? Gold! Thanks Sabrina! Book: For All Eternity by Dr. John Lund Reviewer: Sabrina… Read More

Staff Meeting 2.0

Occasionally around here we hold staff meetings to provide a little de-briefing on the progress and direction of this blog and to shell out plenty of thank yous. I don’t actually have a staff and my purpose is to serve my readers, so you are all my staff and are thus invited to the meeting- congratulations! Who doesn’t love meetings? via GIPHY C’mon guys, it won’t be that bad. New Ventures First on the agenda, excellent news, I recently got hired to write articles for Mode.com, a kind of Buzzfeed-type site. So I’ll be able to make money online without persuading… Read More

Secrets of a Happy Marriage: Eric and Catherine Andersen

The fourth post in our series Secrets of a Happy Marriage From Couples Married 25+ Years in which I interview Eric and Catherine Andersen. This Interview is Part Four of a 4-Part Series: Secrets of a Happy Marriage When I was thinking of couples to interview for this series the Andersens seemed like an obvious choice. They’re always so sweet together and wise and patient in all they do. They are a real asset to our area, to our congregation and to each other. 🙂 I hope you enjoy reading this interview as much as I did conducting it! - Celeste… Read More

Secrets to a Happy Marriage: Terry and Doug Mahlum

The third post in our series Secrets of a Happy Marriage From Couples Married 25+ Years in which I interview Doug and Terry Mahlum. This Interview is Part Three of a 4-Part Series: Secrets of a Happy Marriage The time has come. I knew my parents would have to be featured on this blog eventually. Here they are! My parents have a great marriage, which is extra impressive because they are two very different people. My mom’s idea of a great day would be filled with learning, exercising, plenty of social activities, volunteering, dancing and checking things off her to-do list. … Read More