From the category archives:

marriage

Real married-with-kids romance

February 14, 2012

The last time Jon and I went out together on Valentine’s Day was three years ago, when I was hugely pregnant. We got an unexpected babysitting offer at the last minute, and since all the nice restaurants in town were booked, we wound up at Chili’s. Jon wisely got the fajita trio, but I had [...]

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Weekly wrap up plus your tips for happy relationships

February 19, 2011

Well, it’s time to wrap up the marriage and relationships theme we covered this week. I hate to move on already; I feel like I could talk about this topic for years. But it’s time to move on to the next topic in the countdown to my book launch! (Speaking of, wouldn’t you like to [...]

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Six ways to let go of resentments, move past old hurts, and forgive.

February 18, 2011

The other day I wrote a post about letting go of expectations, and forgiving and forgetting when expectations aren’t met. As I expected, the responses were passionate. And some of the private responses I received suggested I should demand better from my spouse and encourage others to do the same. But how? I know, maybe [...]

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Marriage and the problem of expectations

February 16, 2011

Look at that picture. It’s my husband Jon and I on our wedding day. I was 19. Jon, my husband of both Marriage 1.0 and the new, improved Marriage 2.0, was 20. Look how hopefully, cluelessly young we were! Don’t you just want to give us a hug and tell us everything will be OK–but [...]

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Updated! “Change your marriage by changing yourself.” Interview with author Alisa Bowman, plus GIVEAWAY of “Project: Happily Ever After”

February 15, 2011

UPDATED: WE HAVE A WINNER! Scroll to bottom of the post for more. “I knew something was terribly wrong with my marriage when I planned my husband’s funeral.” That’s the first line to now-happily-married mom, author, and blogger Alisa Bowman’s book Project: Happily Ever After. In the book Alisa shares her story of falling in [...]

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Love Your Love Life: Sneak Peek at Chapter 10 of The Happiest Mom

February 14, 2011

With today being Valentine’s Day, this week seemed a perfect time to broach the topic of love, marriage, and relationships. To the left you’ll see the opener for Chapter 10: Love Your Love Life in The Happiest Mom: 10 Secrets To Enjoying Motherhood. Isn’t it cute? And isn’t that a great goal–to love your love [...]

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