Ohh, that’s a biggie, isn’t it? And I’m not even going to pretend to have all the answers. I do, however, have almost 18 years of insight into the matter. For those in the earlier years of marriage, hop on over to my post at Blissfully Domestic to read two of my favorite money-and-marriage ideas.
Depending on how long you’ve been married, it can take a little more effort to spark the fires of romance. Time, kids, work, and life can strip us of those initial feelings of desire. We forget what it was like to want to touch, and to want to be touched, because small people are touching us all the time. And that is most definitely not romantic. We forget what it felt like to wait for the kiss, to anticipate it, to hunt for it, even, because we dole out kisses every hour of every day. We kiss boo-boos and tears and we kiss our husbands goodbye but we don’t long for that slight, hesitant touch of warm lips. Do marriage and parenthood mean the end of intense desire? After a time, is all that’s left a slow-burning ember?
To read them, you’ll have to pop over to my post on Blissfully Domestic.
Chaos. Shopping. Family tension. If these are the visions dancing in your head during the holidays, it’s time to dream some new dreams.
In the midst of the “must-do’s” of the season, it’s imperative to make time for special events and to create traditions you cherish. Don’t have many? You can borrow some of ours.
See my post on Wedded Bliss today to see some of the traditions our family looks forward to year after year. Feel free to borrow and amend as you see fit: get your traditions going and have yourselves a Merry Little Christmas.