Before I begin this post, let me first ask you a few questions about how well you know your husband. What are your husband’s painful and happy childhood memories? What are the things that make him happy or stressed right now? What are his dreams and aspirations for the future? The first question is about […]
Marriage Care
Making Love: Spontaneous or Scheduled
During a group date with my two wife friends (together with our husbands with a conversation of their own), one of our topics has drifted to our sex lives. Let’s call my friends Abby and Liz, not their real names, but close to it I guess. I found out that Abby and I prefer a […]
“If I am upset, let me be upset.”
Just this past Thursday, I lashed out at hubby because of some project with our organization that he hasn’t settled yet. I have been reminding him for the past months to finish it, but nothing’s progressing since the last time he attended to it. And since I’m the wife, it’s me whom the leaders keep […]
On Being Boyfriend-Girlfriend Forever
Meet the couples mission of the Feast Pasig Couples Ministry. One of the couples here is the Villaruz couple, bro Junie and sis Ana who are both in their forties. They have three girls where two of which are high schoolers and one a youngster. One night after our couple’s caring group meeting, right after […]
Know each other’s love languages
Last week, hubby expressed his concern to me, telling me that I’ve been fixated with my blog. At first I didn’t get it. What’s the concern about when I always give my undivided attention to him and to our little girl? As I do my self-reflection, I recounted that there’s no project of his which […]
Wife, take care of your physical self
When I was watching one of Joel Osteen’s talk (a renowned preacher and writer in US) about husbands and wives, he shared that one time, while he was staring at his wife who was looking all sloppy and disheveled at that time, he asked himself, “Who is this woman walking around inside my room?” […]
Husband-Wife Mastermind Group
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Recently, Melbert was invited by a group of internet marketers to join their mastermind group, who meets everY first Saturday of the month. To my […]
Two Types of Marital Problems: Solvable and Perpetual
As I was reading the book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work I learned an invaluable insight which made me look into the problems that my husband and I are experiencing. According to the book, there are two kinds of marital problems. These are solvable problems and perpetual problems. I. Solvable Problems Solvable problems […]
The Art of Submission: My own journey
On house transferring I shared last time in my blog about the predicament that Melbert and I went through. I want us to move somewhere and rent our own space. It has been a struggle for me as I was having a hard time maintaining my privacy and space from my in-laws. But now I’m […]
COMPLACENCY: one major marriage enemy
The past week, as I have reflected my action towards my marriage, I know that I was being complacent. Complacent in giving affection, complacent in giving affirmations, complacent in making love. This was all probably because I wasn’t able to get the answer that I want, that is to transfer our young family somewhere a […]