Day #9- Enlarge your heart for parenting! WHAT does THIS have to do with marriage you ask??? Did you know that the #1 predictor of marriage success (as learned from my family and human development classes in college) is DESIRE FOR CHILDREN? Out of any other aspect of marriage studied or researched, rated, or relied upon to predict the future success of a marriage, it is a couple's desire Continue Reading
CELEBRATE General Conference!!! Day #8 Incorporate TRUTH!
I woke up this morning to autumn leaves out the windows and the thought: I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVE General Conference!!!!! I LOVE the WHOLE General Conference weekend!!! (whisper: Maybe even better than Christmas or Thanksgiving!!! (THAT is A LOT!)) Yesterday morning my sister-in-law and brother made their traditional FUN General Conference blast off breakfast for us! After the morning Continue Reading
Day #7 – Be Flexible!
Day #7 - Be Flexible! Whoever it was that chose 'elasticity' as the super power for ' The Incredibles' mom really knew what they were doing! The ability to flex and bend, to great lengths at times, is extremely important for not only MOMS but for MARRIAGE! If you remember the movie you know there were a few times when Elasta-Girl's flexibility is what held her family together at times! It Continue Reading
MOM! MOM!! MOM!!!
http://youtu.be/XpD5H9QLpmM “MOM!! MOM!! MOM!!” Yesterday I was especially surrounded by the many needs of my many children! Help with homework, help with piano practice, help with a project for school, help with costumes and desserts for Young Women and Activity Days, and behind all those needs the constant “Mom! Mom! Mom! Will you come watch me ride my bike?” from my 5 year old. Though I Continue Reading
Celebrating and Strengthening Marriage Day #6 – Relish YOUR Role! AND Your Spouse’s!
RELISH YOUR ROLE!!!! I relish the Legacy of Love that I can look to in my parents and grandparents and great-grandparents!! I HOPE each one of us today is passing on (or creating for the FIRST TIME!) a Legacy like that to give to our children and grandchildren, to the world that will follow us. It is more important than anything else. No matter how well a family does at anything or Continue Reading
Day #5 – Strengthening Your Marriage – Laugh Together!
Day #5 - Laugh Together! One of my favorite people in this world, now a grandma, maybe even a great grandma, is constantly bringing laughter and fun to her marriage!! She's an accomplished musician, lives in a charming, poetic place, has a super successful husband, children, and grandchildren, she travels frequently to exciting places to learn and grow and has part of a college named after Continue Reading
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