Hi lovelies! Today is a special day! My hubby and I are celebrating our 19th Wedding Anniversary (on the 19th) – our golden anniversary, not our 50th, just the 19th on the 19th!
I’ve had some of you ask me to share my marriage advice. I love that you want to know, but I also know that I don’t know very much. All I really know…is that I want to be married well.
Married Well – My Three Tips
- Start focusing on just your relationship – don’t compare your marriage to anyone else’s marriage.
- Stop looking to your spouse to meet all of your needs, that’s God’s job.
- Continue to train your relationship skills, through a commitment to personal growth and healing.
David and I have both worked very hard on our marriage. We’re always reading a marriage related book, we both have mentors and accountability friends, and we’ve had our fair share of counseling.
At the end of the day we both want to stay married well – we don’t just want to “stay married.” Where’s the fruit in just staying the course? We want to have the best marriage possible. We want to model to our children how challenging, yet beautiful (and fruitful) a marriage relationship can be.
To be married well you have to learn to grow together rather than apart. You need to accept your differences and embrace your differences. After all – ying and yang is part of what drew you into your relationship!
Thank you David for being the ying to my yang.
Thank you for being committed to growth and for building a life with me.
Here’s to the next 19! xoxo