Saturday, September 19, 2015

The Luckiest Kids

For Family Home Evening we recently went over this particular Ensign article below. Needless to say, I absolutely loved it! Definitely a must read, so click below and read it will ya?!!


Blessing Our Children by Improving Our Marriages - Lori Cluff Schade


"The quality of your marriage is influencing your children, whether you realize it or not. As you and your spouse work to improve your relationship, your children will be blessed." 
                                                                 - Lori Cluff Schade

I've always thought that children that know their mom and dad love each other were among the most luckiest kids ever, but this article truly drives the blessing it provides for the children to a hole in one! It also has a lot of great ideas on how to improve your marriage from whatever scale you think your marriage is at - Here they are below, but they explain them more in depth in the article... just read it K?!
  • "Articulate and share what you want your marriage to look like in 5, 10, or 20 years. 
  • Write down and share a positive memory in the marriage.
  • Share a memory of a time that you were able to overcome a challenge together. 
  • Create small but meaningful rituals for when you part and come together again. 
  • Introduce an element of novelty into your dating. 
  • Tell your children regularly what you admire about your spouse. 
  • Actively seek uplifting marital improvement resources. 
  • Ask each other regularly if you are more or less connected as a couple than before and discuss what you can to do bridge the gap. 
  • Counsel with your bishop to access professional resources if necessary. 
  • Pray. "            
        - Lori Cluff Schade

Pretty sure my kids are the luckiest kids. Not because we go galavanting all the time doing crazy fun things, not because they get all the candy they want when they want, not because they get every toy they have eyes for, not because they have no bedtime and can watch whatever they want (because none of that is true for one)... but because their parents are pretty smitten with each other.

(too steamy?)

I heart us :)


Heaven's slice is giving children the best life they can have.



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