Book Review- The 50 Fridays Marriage Challenge

*Disclaimer:  TMC was not paid for this post.  Products are for review purposes only.  Opinions are TMC's only.                      I've discussed in the past how hard marriage can be.  Actual functioning relationships that grow, stay out of stagnation and flourish are almost like jobs.  You have to work at that every day.  H and I celebrated our twelve-year wedding anniversary yesterday.  While it was the first time we didn't have big plans but we did manage to find time together during our kids church event because it was important that we take time out to communicate after what had been a long week with us apart more often than normal.  It is so important to take time away from all the busy parts of … [Read more...]

The Marathon of Marriage

Two years ago this month I wrote about the state of my marriage with the post, 'Words'.  Then 'Words Opened Doors', literally.  A tense week before Christmas H and I decided that while we weren't speaking to each other except in front of the kids we would stay together for the holiday and go from there.  A few weeks later marriage counseling began and we had hope.  We hoped to work out our differences to stop that fights that had vicious moments where we screamed at the top of our lungs, "I HATE YOU!"  so violently that it left me exhausted. Yes, that was me and I did. A lot.  I hated him and what we had become.  The feeling was mutual.  We had become stunted, afraid to speak our true thoughts and realize that things had changed. Months of counseling went by, individually and together … [Read more...]