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Six Additional Places to Leave Love Notes

Once upon an article, Heather wrote about where to leave I Love Yous. Such as on the bathroom mirror or the steering wheel of your love’s car. All wonderful suggestions worth trying if you haven’t already, but what if you have? Are you on the lookout for new places to leave love notes? If so, I have some suggestions for you below: 1. Doors We never shut our bedroom door, so if I want Wayne to find one here I’d have to shut it first. Perhaps you’d face the same dilemma in your household. But I’ve also been known to … Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day: Show Your Love with Dark Chocolate

I have been saying it for years. I knew chocolate had to be good for people. I didn’t only say it because chocolate happens to be my favorite treat of all time, although that may have played some small role, but I actually believed that chocolate made me feel better. I have been teased for this theory, but now I have validation. I’m not talking about the short-lived “high” many people get from the sugar and caffeine either. I always believed that eating small amounts of chocolate on a regular basis helped me feel better. My favorite is dark chocolate, … Continue reading →

Love Notes: Romantic Locations

Do you like useless trivia? I do. The running gag in my family is that I am a fount of useless trivia and knowledge. I gather this knowledge from a wide variety of sources. I read frequently, whether it’s books, Internet sites, magazines and newspapers. I also love to watch television programs on the History channel, PBS and other documentary type stations that allow me to expand my knowledge base. So with Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I sat down to enjoy a documentary on the history of Valentine’s Day. Granted, the information was not much more than what I’d already … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for February 3-9

Good morning, with just four days left until Valentine’s Day, it’s been a very busy week here at the Marriage Blog. We’ve done our best to compile romantic activities, letters of love from readers to their loves and of course, great romantic pairings and more. Personally, this has been one of my all time favorite weeks ever in the Marriage blog and I have had a tremendously good time with presenting my blogs and reading Sherry’s. We hope you have to! In case you missed any articles this week, here is our Marriage Blog Week in Review: Saturday, February 3 … Continue reading →

Love Notes: Do Something Different

Try this: do something different to surprise your spouse. It doesn’t have to be anything crazy, just something to change things up a little every once in a while. Make Breakfast or Lunch a Treat Get up in the morning with your spouse sometime, even if you do not have to be up that early. Make coffee or tea and have it waiting when he or she wakes up. Make breakfast or pick up some muffins and fruit and spend a little early morning time together before your spouse has to take off for the day. Show up and surprise … Continue reading →

Letters of Love: My Parents; My Role Models

As parents, one of our goals is to give our children support, love and a firm grasp of their own self-worth. It’s amazing what a good marriage gives to our children. Children benefit from their parents interactions as a couple. They benefit from the existence of mutual love and respect. They benefit from the kindness and the compassion they witness. They even benefit from the problems that you have as a couple and your efforts to repair your relationship. Today’s letter of love is from an adult child to her father and celebrates the love and respect they taught her. … Continue reading →

Love Notes: Say it with Pride

Does your spouse know how proud you are of him or her? Do you just assume it’s true, or do you actually tell your mate you feel that way? Even if you frequently tell your husband or wife, “I love you,” it is also a good idea to let your spouse know how proud you are to be married to him or her, and how much you think of your mate as a person. When you meet new people, are you excited to introduce them to your spouse so they can see the terrific person that shares your life? Tell … Continue reading →

Someone To Be Proud Of

Sometimes I tell my husband I’m proud of him. I do it when he’s accomplished something really cool, like finishing grad school or laying down hardwood floor in our house. Other times I tell him when I feel that warm ache in my chest when looking at him. He’s a great person, the best in my opinion, and I am so proud of him. It feels a little strange to say sometimes, because it’s not the sort of thing we’re used to saying to our spouses. We expect to hear it from our parents, or tell it to our kids: … Continue reading →

China Adoption Book Review Series: China Ghosts

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Like Karin Evans, author of The Lost Daughters of China, Jeff Gammage is a journalist. His memoir, written seven years after Evans’, is entitled China Ghosts: My Daughter’s Journey to America, my Journey to Fatherhood. The title is apt: while Gammage credits Kay Ann Johnson, author of Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment and Orphanage Care in China with helping him understand the context of his daughter’s story, his own book focuses much more tightly on his story and his daughter’s. Gammage and his wife Christine adopted a two year old in Aug 2002. His memoir is valuable for … Continue reading →

I Do Not Want To Know

Along the way on my path in being single I have learned many things. This was not by choice, but rather out of desperation that comes from having to do things for yourself. I hate it. I hate not being able to say to someone, “It is broken. Will you fix it, please?” No, there is none of that anymore. Some of you may like being this independent and enjoy being single and that is great. It is not for me though. You might love the fact that you can fix things; however, I really do not care about it … Continue reading →