Author: Melissa
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Swift kick in the life list
Perhaps you’ve seen the movie The Bucket List. You may even be one of the many people who’ve created such a list. If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking…
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A Simple Marriage "Summer Rocks" Sale
Warning: Blatant sales post. Summer means many things, no school for the kids, vacations, hot days sitting by the pool, yard work, and cookouts. The main thing about summer is…
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Memorial Day Musings
The approach of Memorial Day this year made me think about some of my friends and family members who have passed away. The pain of their loss may never go…
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Great Marriage Quote
A man is seduced by what he sees, a woman by what she hears. ~ Anonymous
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How To Simplify Your Inbox
Alright, since you’re a reader of Simple Marriage, it’s also likely that you’re a frequenter of other blogs (although SM is your favorite of course :)) This also means that…
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Welcome Zen Habits Faithful
Perhaps this is your first time to visit Simple Marriage and you heard about us from my guest post on Zen Habits. If this is you – welcome! Make your…
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Our Children are Zen Masters
I am not a Buddhist nor do I meditate on a regular basis. What little I have come to understand about Zen as a practice relates to the cultivation of…
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First Cup of Coffee: Awaken Your Relationship
What you are about to read is only one piece of a 27-chapter collaborative e-book written to help you learn how to make your marriage extraordinary amongst the chaos of…
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Great Marriage Quote
Smile at each other; smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other – it doesn’t matter who it is – and that…
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What 39 years have taught me about life and marriage
Today is my 39th birthday. While to many this event may be far too close to one of life’s bigger milestones (turing 40), to me, my 30s have been the…
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Nice Things To Say When The Step-kids Are Being Mean
It happens. Those carefully cultivated relationships with your lover’s children seem to disappear in a showdown of wills. You might even forget why you ever liked them in the first…
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Another Free Marriage Course
Many of you have already signed up for one of our free marriage courses. I mean, come on, who doesn’t want free emails full of information about communication, family life,…