28 Days, 28 Ways: Make Small Sacrifices

Welcome to 28 Days, 28 Ways: Investing in Your Marriage! All month long I'll be sharing ideas and tips for investing in your marriage.  You can find a list of all the posts here. My mom makes the best spaghetti. I've always loved it and my daughter loves it too.  The smell of freshly chopped onion and green pepper sizzling in a cast iron skillet with butter. Oh. My. Word. Every time we go to my parents' house, we want spaghetti. As a newlywed, I followed my mom's instructions to make ... [Read More]

28 Days, 28 Ways: Fix a Favorite

Thanks for joining me for 28 Days, 28 Ways: Investing in Your Marriage. If you have missed any of the previous posts, you can find them all listed here. You know those old sayings ... the ones we joke about but they're funny because they ring true.  One we hear a lot in the South is, "If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!" {Can I get an amen?} Well, there's another one that we're going to apply today ... The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. I don't know about you, but my guy ... [Read More]

28 Days, 28 Ways: Speak Kind Words

Thanks for joining me again today. We're on day 4 of 28 Days, 28 Ways: Investing in Your Marriage. If you've missed any of the previous posts, you can find them indexed here. A few years ago, I was studying the biblical idea of submission. One of the concepts I learned during that time was that submission is rooted in being polite. At the time I asked myself and others a big question: What if submission begins with simply being polite? The fact is, we live in a very rude world. Common ... [Read More]

28 Days, 28 Ways: How Can I Help You Today?

Welcome to day 3 of 28 Days, 28 Ways! I'm so glad you are here! I have an incredible husband. I mean, really incredible.  He is thoughtful and generous. He goes out of his way to make me feel beautiful and loved. I deeply appreciate everything he does for me. And he totally got gipped. I am generally not thoughtful. I am a terrible gift giver. In fact, there have been years when we have done nothing to celebrate his birthday. {In my defense, his birthday is within two weeks of both ... [Read More]

28 Days, 28 Ways: Pray for His Wife

{Sundays are going to be our prayer days in this series. Each week I'll offer a guide for you to use as you invest in your marriage through prayer.} Pray for His Wife Yeah, I'm going there. In fact, I'm going there first — before I ever share ways you can pray for your husband. Stormie Omartian explains it far better than I could in her book, The Power of  a Praying Wife: The hard part about being a praying wife, other than the sacrifice of time, is maintaining a pure heart. It must be ... [Read More]

28 Days, 28 Ways: Commit

Hello! I'm so glad you are here with me for this first day of 28 Days, 28 Ways: Investing in Your Marriage. This month is going to be awesome, I just know it!  Every day I'll share one way you can invest in your marriage. I've tried to create lots of different ideas and each of them will give you the freedom to express your love in a way comfortable to your personality and your marriage. One thing I've learned after almost 19 years of marriage — it's not a sprint! Building a solid ... [Read More]