I realized this morning when I woke up that a year ago today we four went on the retreat with Tina Sellers. I am thankful for that time together- for an intense weekend of learning and deeper understandings of intimacy.
"For the first couple of years, it seemed like anniversaries were a little like birthdays when you're in your mid-twenties-- seriously, it's an accomplishment to just stay alive another year? We get to go out for a fancy dinner just because we stay married? I like a fancy dinner as much as the next girl, but it seemed like a lot of fuss for just making it through.
That's what I used to think, before several good friends' marriages ended, before I experienced firsthand just how difficult marriage can be, before we faced our hardest season yet by far. I wouldn't say we have a hard marriage, but I'd say we had a really hard season. This year, we understand that staying married is indeed an accomplishment, and that staying married well- connected and intimate and giving- sometimes requires every last thing we have to give."
-Shauna Niequist Bittersweet
As you go about your days today wherever you are, may you hold each other in love today and keep moving toward one another to a more connected, intimate and giving relationship today.
"For the first couple of years, it seemed like anniversaries were a little like birthdays when you're in your mid-twenties-- seriously, it's an accomplishment to just stay alive another year? We get to go out for a fancy dinner just because we stay married? I like a fancy dinner as much as the next girl, but it seemed like a lot of fuss for just making it through.
That's what I used to think, before several good friends' marriages ended, before I experienced firsthand just how difficult marriage can be, before we faced our hardest season yet by far. I wouldn't say we have a hard marriage, but I'd say we had a really hard season. This year, we understand that staying married is indeed an accomplishment, and that staying married well- connected and intimate and giving- sometimes requires every last thing we have to give."
-Shauna Niequist Bittersweet
As you go about your days today wherever you are, may you hold each other in love today and keep moving toward one another to a more connected, intimate and giving relationship today.
a random picture I thought would bring a smile to your day...
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