by JillSavage | Jan 21, 2015 | Marriage, No More Perfect Marriages Series
This is Day 3 of a 10 day series. You can find the entire series here. Mark says: I didn’t realize coming into marriage how much idealism and unrealistic expectation drove my everyday thinking and perspective. I’ve always struggled wanting our relationship, our...
by JillSavage | Jan 20, 2015 | Marriage, No More Perfect Marriages Series
Thanks so much for joining us! This is Day 2 of an 10 day blog series. You can find the entire series here. Mark says: After our trip to Florida, I began talking regularly with an old girlfriend on Facebook. She had gone through a divorce and we had briefly...
by JillSavage | Jan 19, 2015 | Marriage, No More Perfect Marriages Series
Jill says: Some of you have been hanging around here for a long time and you may remember when I shared about Mark leaving 3 years ago and then several months later about him coming home. Some of you are newer friends and aren’t aware that my marriage has been through...
by JillSavage | Dec 26, 2014 | Marriage, Miscellany
“If you are looking for fairness, don’t look for it in marriage. Soul mates survive on forgiveness, not fairness.” ~Les and Leslie...
by JillSavage | Nov 24, 2014 | Marriage
Thanksgiving is just four days away. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving, we often forget to stop and truly be thankful. Since we usually devote Monday to marriage topics, it seems only right that we pause and express our gratitude for what we...
by JillSavage | Nov 17, 2014 | Marriage
The first date Mark and I took after becoming parents was when Anne was just a little less than a month old. Because I was nursing, we could only go out for about two hours, but it was a break we both needed. As we added kids, it wasn’t as easy to get away, but...
by JillSavage | Nov 3, 2014 | Marriage
We got the first call three weeks ago when Mark’s father was found unconscious in his apartment where he lived alone. After two weeks of hospitalization, the doctors began to tell us that he would likely not regain consciousness and recover. Because his wife...
by JillSavage | Oct 27, 2014 | Marriage
I remember when Liz Curtis Higgs talked at a Hearts at Home conference about her control issues in her marriage. She said that she knew things had gotten out of hand the day she and her husband pulled into a parking lot. He was driving and said to her, “Where...
by JillSavage | Oct 24, 2014 | Marriage
“Marriage is not a noun, it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get, it’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.” ...
by JillSavage | Oct 13, 2014 | Happy Marriages, Hurting Marriages, Marriage, Moms with Kids 17+, Moms with Kids 5+, Moms with Kids 9+, New Moms
Sex…I could go the rest of my life without it!” I said to my husband, Mark, as we drove up to the bed-and-breakfast we had reserved for a two-day getaway. “I have no desire. I’m so tired, and I can’t seem to ever meet your needs!”...
by JillSavage | Oct 6, 2014 | Marriage
In August, I attended the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit and heard an excellent session by Joseph Grenny, one of the authors of Crucial Conversations. While the session had wonderful takeaways for leadership conversations, I couldn’t help thinking that it...
by JillSavage | Sep 29, 2014 | Marriage
Mark and I have started talking about the next No More Perfect book. Yep, No More Perfect Marriages is on the radar screen. While it’s release will be several years from now, Mark and I are talking through the messages we want to include in the book. If...
by JillSavage | Aug 22, 2014 | Marriage
“Negative thinking is one of the major risk factors that determines whether or not a marriage even survives” ~Greg Smalley
by JillSavage | Aug 15, 2014 | Marriage
“Love is a way of thinking. Love is a way of behaving. Love is a choice.” ~Gary Chapman
by JillSavage | Jul 25, 2014 | Marriage
“Relationships blossom when sacrifice takes the place of selfishness.” ~Darlene Schacht
