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How to Increase Intimacy in Your Marriage (Physical and Emotional)

There is nothing on earth like being fully loved.♥

It’s what we dream about from the time we are little girls!

Then we grow up and realize that reality is brutal.

Men are typically not delicate with women and things don’t work like they do in fairy tales. (Hang tight, we’re coming back to this!)

Now I’m almost 40 and most married couples I know don’t even touch eachother.

There is so much hurt and unmet expectation.

It is not even in them to put a hand lovingly on their spouse’s leg.

It is clear to me that we were created to do things much differently then we’re doing them.

So, if you are still flexible and optimistic enough to want BETTER for your own marriage, and if you are humble enough to look at things differently- you are in the PERFECT space to grow and increase intimacy in your marriage.

What to do when intimacy has ceased in your marriage

This is a very difficult place to be.

Have you ever seen the kid's movie Madagascar?

If so, you'll remember that from the time the four main characters (Marty, Melvin, Gloria & Alex) get onto the island, they don't eat anything. Nothing. Not until the very end of the movie when the shifty penguins introduce them to sushi, do they finally fill their hunger.

How To Win Your Husband's Heart Back & Have A Fresh Start In Your Marriage

How would it feel to have a fresh start in your marriage?

A blank canvas! Can you even imagine it?

Some of us have forgotten that deep longing we use to have for a deep and beautiful love story.

The magic is gone and all that is left is disappointment.

Pent-up frustrations and anger win each day as the needle on the “love-meter” moves further and further into the negative. Sometimes it has been stuck in the negative for so long that things just feel hopeless.

I remember living that way and it is EXHAUSTING.

But during some of the hardest and messiest times, God started to open my eyes, and strip away everything that I thought I knew about my relationship with my man.

And the things that He showed me ushered in an entirely fresh start for us!

For the Weary Heart: A Simple Christmas Story

Today I'm stressed and heavy-hearted, and this morning I drive home with teary eyes and feel like I will give out if anything or anyone requires any more of me. I'm weary and worn and I have been, WE have been pinched tight and stretched thin in all ways possible. And spiritually sometimes it feels like just enough. Just enough release. Just enough of the word. Just enough Holy Spirit to get me through the rest of these chores and the rest of this day. But I don't think this is how I was created to live and this is too much weight. And I want peace that flows like a river, and joy that bubbles over, and calmness and happy-mommyness, but this morning I am failing. And I tell my husband through teary eyes that I. Am. Failing. I'm failing at waking up early and doing the things I want to do, I'm failing at eating how I want to be eating and exercising. I want to be a better mommy. I want to be more attentive to everyone around me, and loving and sweet and