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One Another

April 17, 2012

I don’t know if you believe in Jesus, are a Christian or have ever read the Bible, but there is so much wisdom in the scriptures about how we are to live out our love for one another, especially in marriage. None of us will be perfect at doing any of these for our spouse, [...]

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Never

April 16, 2012

I started out the A-to-Z Challenge with the word Always—as in the things to always practice in your marriage. As an accompaniment to that list, here are five things to Never do in your marriage: Never utter the word “divorce,” especially not in an argument. Generally, you don’t mean it {and you’ll regret it later}. [...]

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AtoZ Summary To-Date

April 15, 2012

So, in case you’re wondering what’s going on around here, I started the Blogging from A-to-Z Challenge on April 1st. Two weeks ago today! I know Sundays are officially OFF with the Challenge, but for those of you who are inclined…Here’s a list of what you might have missed since April 1st. All topics are related [...]

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Money

April 14, 2012

At last, we mailed checks today to pay our income tax to the IRS and the State of Colorado. Our taxes are filed, the “check’s in the mail” and it feels like we’re done until we do it all again next year. I’ve always done my own taxes {Thank you Turbo Tax}, and now that [...]

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Love Languages

April 13, 2012

Twenty years ago Gary Chapman published a book called The 5 Love Languages. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. If you haven’t taken the assessment, you can do it right there on the website. It’ll take less than 10 minutes, and the results are immediate {and free!}. My top love language is Quality Time, and [...]

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Kissing

April 12, 2012

I have lots to say about kissing, but in the interest of keeping this brief for my A-to-Z Challenge visitors, I’m only going to focus on one aspect today: the 10-second kiss. Last week my mother-in-law told me about a segment on The Today Show about kissing. You can watch the 4-minute video about the [...]

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Jesus

April 11, 2012

He’s the most influential person in the history of the world. And, I can honestly say He’s the most influential person in our marriage. In our wedding ceremony, we pledged our devotion to Jesus first and to each other second. I used to think this was just something cheezy that “religious people” said at weddings. [...]

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Intimacy

April 10, 2012

It’s one of the most important aspects of marriage—intimacy and closeness—but it’s also one of the most difficult to talk about…especially if it’s lacking and you don’t know how to get there. Intimacy requires trust. It requires openness. It’s a deep desire within all of us to be fully known and to be loved anyway. [...]

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Husband

April 9, 2012

I was single for a long time. And before we got married “husband” seemed like the strangest word to me. Having never had one, I didn’t say the word “husband” very often. Once we got engaged, and then after we were married just four months later, I tried to use it as much as possible [...]

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Generous

April 7, 2012

Are you generous with your spouse or do you find yourself withholding instead of giving? We are often generous with the people we care about, like our family, friends and neighbors. We are generous with those in need. But how generous are we with our spouse? I’ve been mulling this one over for a few [...]

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Faithfulness

April 6, 2012

It’s a powerful word that means more than just avoiding the act of being unfaithful. It’s all about where your heart and mind are and whether they are FOR your marriage or against it. When we get married, hardly any of us consider that one day we might not actually feel the same head-over-heels way [...]

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Elation

April 5, 2012

Remember the way you felt when he proposed? It’s one of those out-of-this-world experiences the moment you realize you are going to spend the rest of your life with the one you love. Elation bubbles to the surface when you stare at that super-sparkly ring for hours on end. When you remember word-for-word {or try [...]

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Date Night

April 4, 2012

Our married friends with kids have teased us about our weekly Date Night. “Every night is Date Night for you!” they’d say. There’s definitely some truth to that. But it doesn’t mean our daily one-on-one time while we are still sans children is always QUALITY TIME. One night each week we work on our finances. [...]

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Conflict

April 3, 2012

If you’re new here {hello, all you visitors from the A-to-Z Challenge–hope you’ll stick around!}, I’ve been exploring the topic of marital conflict almost since the beginning of LiveSimplyLove. My goal in starting this blog was to combat some of the fairy tale perspectives out there about marriage and instead tell a real, true story [...]

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Beloved

April 2, 2012

What a precious word. We chose the song Beloved by Tenth Avenue North for the moment I would walk down the aisle to be joined to my beloved in marriage. The Husband and I attended a Tenth Avenue North concert {before he was the Husband} and this song struck a chord with me. It paints [...]

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Always

April 1, 2012

It’s the first day of the A-to-Z April Challenge. Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “A” – and the topic: Top Ten things to Always practice in your marriage: Kiss goodnight. Pucker up and plant a wet one. Don’t let anything stand in the way of this daily expression of love before you [...]

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Heads Up! It’s the A-to-Z Challenge!

March 30, 2012

So…this week I hit my 100th blog post! This momentous occasion passed with little fanfare {other than me realizing it and giving a little internal shout-out!}. I realize I’m in a little bit of a writing rut right now {try saying that fast 15 times!}. When life gets busy {or hard} I fall out of the blogging [...]