Author: Melissa
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Simple Family: Giving Kids Their Space
In the last Simple Family post I proposed the idea that as parents, we are responsible to our children, not for them. I’d like to add to this idea. As…
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A Simple Marriage Conversation
As you read before the weekend, due to lack of participation the 38 Day Challenge has been canceled. This decision came after lots of discussion with my wife, fellow bloggers,…
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The 38 Day Challenge Is Canceled
As we enter into the holiday weekend, at least in the States, I want to briefly share something. As you know, the 38 Day Challenge is slated to begin in…
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Simple Family: The Biggest Lie Many Parents Live By
Being a parent is overwhelming at times. Endless schedules, teachable moments, messes to clean up, meals to prepare, laundry to fold, and moments to lose your cool. Take comfort in…
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Simple Marriage Gets a New Look
Perhaps you’ve noticed something different at Simple Marriage, unless you’re a subscriber who rarely ventures beyond your feed reader or email (if that’s you, no worries and thanks for subscribing,…
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Being in Love Means…
Last weekend’s ask the reader was a great discussion, so here’s another that may be equally good. Once again, if you want to go a bit deeper with this, journal…
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Simple Family: The Lost Art Of Play
At the risk of severely stepping on your toes, many people have simply lost the art of play. Gone are the days of tag, chase, tackle the man with the…
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Bye Bye Television Update
For the month of August my family has done away with our TV. We have not turned it on once – except for the DVD my wife and I watched…
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To Bring 5% More Happiness To My Relationships…
There have been many times when I’ve posed a question for you the loyal reader to respond to, this time I’m changing it up a bit. This is still an…
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Do You Want Your Marriage To Survive Or Thrive?
Do you believe that happiness is attainable? Do you also believe that happiness is attainable in your current relationship? After you answer these questions, your response might be – How?…
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Simple Marriage RSS Feed And Email Fixed
Last week I installed a new feature, Disqus, to handle the comments from here on out at Simple Marriage. It seems the installation of this feature broke the feed (which…
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How Do You Spend Your Time Compared To The National Average?
My family is currently on day 5 with our no TV during the month of August experiment. Thus far, it’s freed up a great deal of time for us to…