Author: Melissa
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Simple Marriages Spreading
This past Wednesday, Hayden over at Persistent Illusion, featured the Simple Marriage Project. The spotlight was on the 21 day complaint free marriage experiment, which has sparked a lot of…
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5 Steps Toward a Simple Marriage
Photo courtesy joningic Many times marriage, or any relationship for that matter, can be extremely complicated. Just when everything seems to be going so well, everything seems to go so…
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The Lazy Man's Guide to Marriage, Part 2
What do I do with the information presented in part 1? Right now, you don’t have to figure out what to do with these signals. Right now we are discussing…
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4 Marriage Drives: The Lazy Man's Guide to Marriage
Picture courtesy Matt Obee I have to admit, I’m as lazy as the next person when it comes to relationships. Now there are times where I am the passionate, hopeless…
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Best of The Simple Marriage Project, February 2008
It’s hard to believe, dear readers, that a little over a month has already flown by at The Simple Marriage Project. You’ve helped get this little project off to a…
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
 The following is taken from Jonathan Fields, Awake @ The Wheel. Great questions to explore. Three simple questions: If you knew you could not fail and those around you…
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Hello, I'm Corey, and I'm a Complainer
Last week I introduced the idea of going 21 days in a row without complaining. The idea is from a Kansas City minister named Will Bowen who has created a…
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Am I Committed to Marriage or Will I Be Committed?
Photo courtesy joedonovanbrown What does it mean to be committed to something? Am I to give everything for the sake of my commitment? Will I lose myself because of my…
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Parenting 101 According to American Idol
Photo courtesy Txallekat It seemed like a typical beginning to a Monday morning for the rest of us, for them, it was a chance of a lifetime. As the sun…
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Marital espresso: Wake up to an intentional marriage.
Photo courtesy Scott Beale / Laughing Squid As much as possible, I strive to be very intentional in my marriage. To be aware of what is just below the surface…
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How to Have an Affair… With Your Spouse.
Picture courtesy of Epbizah. If you have been married for any length of time, it is likely that there have been times when passion and adventure waned. Routine and survival…
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How to unplug from cyber space and plug into marriage.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative…