A Weekend to Remember

Last weekend, Mitch and I went to Family Life's A Weekend to Remember conference, which happened to be just over the bridge in Salem. We've been wanting to go on a marriage retreat for a while now, and this worked out perfectly. Mitch couldn't go to men's retreat because of a prior commitment, so I decided to skip women's retreat so we could pool the money we would have spent and go to the marriage conference instead. We figured it would be a better investment. THEN, a couple days before we went, a gal from church called me and told me that a couple from our church wanted to pay for our weekend! We were thrilled!!

So, Mitch's parents agreed to watch the boys on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday (with sleep-overs!) so that we could come home at the end of the day and have a nice, quiet, relaxing evening with one another.

It was wonderful! We can't say that we really learned anything new, but the things we already knew were reinforced and we recommitted to making sure we were doing our part in our marriage to make it even better. Plus, its kind of cool when another man (with some authority) tells my husband that what he should be doing for me, while another woman tells me what I should be doing for Mitch. Sometimes it takes a third party, right?

One of the things we have committed to doing is spending "couch time" together every night. At 8:30, we sit on the couch together and read a short, one page devotion from a book called Moments With You. It sparks discussion and forces us to really communicate. As you know, that is what I like to do the best, so this is RIGHT up my alley! And, Mitch enjoys the side-benefits of showing me how much he cares by listening to me! Win-win! Hee, hee!

Anyway, I encourage all you married couples to take some time to invest in your relationship. We've been married for 10 years, and we are learning new things about one another all the time!