Last weekend at Hearts at Home, one of our speakers made this statement: “100% of divorces are caused by selfishness.” Mark and I have been talking about this statement all week and we have to agree. So today’s Marriage Monday is all about the...
It’s post Hearts at Home conference here in the Savage home. We had two wonderful, but incredibly exhausting, days of encouraging over 4500 moms at the mom conference here in Normal, IL, Friday and Saturday. Now that we are on the other side of the conference,...
(Because we had technical difficulties last Monday, and we didn’t want anyone to miss this important communication, we are reposting this Marriage Monday.) It’s happened again. Last week, we learned of another family has been broken up because one person...
Several weeks ago someone introduced us to a new book by Linda Dillow called What’s it Like to be Married to Me? That’s a powerful, scary, and possibly life-changing question that we’re going to use as the theme for today’s Marriage Monday....
This past Tuesday, we read a letter in the Dear Abby column in our local newspaper. Signed “Happier Than Ever,” the author of the letter shared how a simple change in routine THAT COST ABSOLUTELY NOTHING transformed her marriage. After reading the column...
I remember celebrating both sets of my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary’s. This Thursday, my parents will now celebrate 50 years of marriage. What a blessing it has been for Mark and I and our kids to witness such strong commitments to marriage in several...
Our friend Jody made this statement, “The two best indicators of whether you’re living your value system are your calendar and your checkbook.” As we start the new year, most of us give some thought to “resolutions,” or ways that we...
Last week when when I was reading Thriving Family Magazine, one article title caught my eye: Become Your Spouse’s Publicist. In the book world, a publicist is one who advertises and promotes books. It got me thinking…Do I more often give my...
Today’s Marriage Monday will be the last new one until the new year. Starting Wednesday, Dec 23 through Tuesday, January 4 (the two weeks our boys are off school), I’ll be taking off two weeks of active blogging. During those two weeks,...
We’ve talked for the past few weeks about the importance of “download” time. We’ve explored the importance of intentionally making your marriage better. But what if you’re the only one in your marriage interested in making...
Last Monday we talked about the value of “checking in” based upon the book Your Spouse Isn’t The Person You Married by Paul and Teri Reisser. Today’s Marriage Monday is about the need to stop making excuses and start doing the things we...
“Recalculating,” states the voice on the GPS unit. “Recalculating,” she repeats once again as we find ourselves off course on a trip.It’s a scene most of us are familiar with in some way. Even if we don’t have a GPS unit, we’ve likely been around this new technology...
Mark and I have been reading a book together called Your Spouse Isn’t The Person You Married: Keeping Your Love Strong Through Life’s Changes by Paul and Teri Reisser. Today’s Marriage Monday is focused on staying connected to your spouse...
We once heard the statement that the couple that prays together, stays together. Indeed, that can make a difference in a couple’s level of emotional and spiritual intimacy. Today’s Marriage Monday is about the value of praying together.Mark...
Too often in marriage communication—and particularly in conflict—we make a big deal out of things that shouldn’t really matter. Today’s Marriage Monday is a reminder for us to not take the bait!Mark says…It’s easy for us to...
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