Most people don’t know this about me, but I have intense anxiety when it comes to making phone calls, sometimes even to people that I’ve talked to 100 times. Spending most of my late teens and early 20s working in some kind of call center capacity has left me phone-scarred for life. Every time I [...]
I’m excited to share with you that I am now a Certified Prepare/Enrich Marriage Facilitator! If you haven’t heard of Prepare/Enrich, it is a customized couple assessment completed online that identifies a couple’s strength and growth areas. Based your assessment results, I can provide feedback sessions in order to help you discuss and understand your results, [...]
Starting March 1, we’ll be kicking off the Making Love in the Microwave Book club. Throughout the year, we’ll be reading and discussing books related to marriage. I want to keep it informative and fun, so sometimes it might be serious, sometimes it might be funny, sometimes it might be fiction, and we may even [...]
Long before Cliff and Claire, James and Florida were making a wave when they could, raising their trio of children on Good Times. James and Florida obviously aren’t a real couple, but they have a special place in black history as being one of the first African American husband/wife duos to be depicted on a [...]
Today marks our first day in the 14 Days of Valentine’s Day gift giving challenge. Your first gift to the one you love? A backrub. Make this as simple or as extravagant as you want. Do it sitting on the couch watching TV or light candles and break out the massage oil. Whatever floats your [...]
Last week I spent a lot of time planning, scheduling, visioning (and sleeping, I can’t lie). I was off from my full time for two straight weeks and made the most of it in every way. I have some new things in store for you guys for 2013 and I can’t wait to share. [...]
This week, we’re counting down the most viewed articles of 2012. I can’t take any credit for this one, since my hubby authored the advice. He’s not as um, tactful as I am, so if you don’t want to hear grown folks content, you might want to skip this one. Find out What He Had [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about our upcoming Couples’ Fitness Day bootcamp, which I’m getting excited about. I don’t have the expectation that Couples Fitness Day will have us working out together every day, but at the very least it should give us some take home, G-rated physical activity that we can do [...]
I have been repeating these lyrics to myself all weekend. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Be blessed friends.
I saw this video in an article I read yesterday about parenting. It shows how a teacher got rid of all of the toys in his classroom and replaced them with with cardboard boxes. The little experiment has had some surprising results. This video couldn’t be more timely after my mini meltdown over the weekend [...]
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