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Category: married life

The 7 Year Itch

My friend and I were recently talking about marriage and all the things it teaches you and the hardships that you go through. A good marriage does not come without hard times, it’s through those hard times where you find out how much your love can really grow. Can you come out of the hard times stronger together or stronger apart? I fully believe that marriage makes you a better person. It challenges you to grow as a person all the time. You are going to have disagreements with each other, but it’s how you choose to face them whether your marriage grows or becomes stagnant. We were married at the very young age of 19.. yes I know crazy! lol. Our relationship before kids was incredible, we had our hiccups but we had so much fun; we were literally the expression of young, dumb and in love. I think when everyone gets married you think that it won’t happen to you or that you will be better than that. We won’t ever fight like that, we will never go to bed angry or I will never yell at my spouse or…

Learn As You Go

I was listening to a podcast yesterday about making your marriage a priority during motherhood. It was a good reminder that this season of the never ending mundane days, the chaotic schedules and sleepless nights is a season, and seasons come and go thank goodness! The spark that was ever present early on is dimmed out. Getting up early just to make him breakfast isn’t the biggest priority because you have been up with kids half the night. The date nights seem few and far between because the chaos of the kids’ schedules take up too much time. Instead of spending time together when the kids are in bed, you are on your phone. There are a million and one excuses that you can use as to why your marriage isn’t a priority anymore. What happens when twenty years from now and your kids are gone; who are you left with, a stranger or your best friend? During this season it is so hard to continue to make your marriage a priority. Motherhood is exhausting, you give so much of yourself sometimes the last thing you want to do is keep giving. Making your marriage…