Wow, has it really been two weeks since the last time I sat down to write a week in review? This is what happens when it gets too painful to sit in the upright position and type and for that you have my apologies. So we’re going to do a catch us up Marriage Blog Weeks in Review (two of them to be exact) and we’re going to do a rundown of what you may have missed if you were laid up for the last couple of weeks like I was. So without further ado, let’s dive in!
Saturday, February 17
Relationship Advice: Make Your Opportunities is some of the best advice I’ve ever been given. It’s important to make your opportunities and to make them worth it to yourself rather than just waiting for that right opportunity to present itself.
Sunday, February 18
Sherry gives a very sound piece of insight in her People Treat Us How We Let Them and if you missed this gem, I highly recommend that you check it out.
Monday, February 19
Ask a Marriage Blogger: Why Don’t You Write More About Gay Marriage expressed the concern of one reader about the content of our marriage blog and I answered it as best I could. In Domestic Violence: Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell explores an experience that Sherry had recently (thankfully not with the real thing) but with dental surgery that left her face swollen and bruised.
Tuesday, February 20
In Being Supportive of Our Spouses Sherry explores a theme that is important to all of us, even when it’s difficult and may make our own lives a little harder.
Wednesday, February 21
It can be a hard question to answer and to admit to, but Have You Let Yourself Go? Marriage Tips: Reframe Your Thinking takes a look at how we get into problems in our relationships because we’re not getting our own way and it’s about a lesson I learned from my daughter and her interactions with others.
Thursday, February 22
Sherry offers Four Tips for a Healthy Marriage that serve as a good reminder for all of us to improve our marriages.
Friday, February 23
Do you know the Three Misconceptions that can Affect Your Marriage? If not, check out Sherry’s blog on the subject. How do you describe Like the Good Old Days? And do you think a return to some of those more familiar areas of your life would be welcomed by both you and your spouse?
Saturday, February 24
In The Healing Power of Love we take a look at how the power of love can help you heal your heart and your mind and looks beyond what it can do for you where healing from surgery, illness and physical injuries.
Sunday, February 25
Fairness, Feminism and Radical Feminism Sherry returns to a subject that we’ve discussed before about women who are willing to oppress other women in their need to ‘liberate’ them to their own point of view.
Monday, February 26
How’s Married Life Treating You? do you remember this question that people asked in that first year after you got married?
Tuesday, February 27
Are You Honest With Yourself? Sherry asks a really good question and it’s about more than just being open and honest with your spouse, it’s about being really honest with yourself about your flaws and your positive attributes. Courtney Mroch guest blogs in Marriage today with a great question many wives have struggled with: Am I a Ms. Or a Mrs?
Wednesday, February 28
Accentuate the Positive: Start Today and if you’re wondering how to do that, check out Sherry’s article of the same title, she gives a lot of great advice in here.
Thursday, March 1
Welcome to March and to Sherry’s experience with her husband as they invested in Buying a New Car Together.
Friday, March 2
After a week of being away, I returned with The Best of the February Marriage Blog – Letters of Love, a salute to one of the best series I think we’ve ever done in the Marriage Blog. Finally, in My Husband is Pretty Great, I take some time to salute and thank my husband for how great he’s been over the last few weeks as we struggled with my health issues and surgery.
What was your favorite article in the last couple of weeks?
For more great articles in the marriage blog that you may have missed, check out our previous weeks in review.