Building Healthy, Happy Marriages & Relationships

Hello to all my beautifully created readers. I just wanted to say, what an amazing month March has been! Not only did I survive gathering all my receipts and expenses to finally have my taxes done, which is a huge accomplishment for me but, I also celebrated another wedding anniversary. 24 years!!! Wow, how time really does fly! Some ask me the secret to a long happy and healthy marriage? I tell people, you can love people and not want to be around them, but the key to a happy, healthy, and successful marriage is to truly like your spouse. Seriously, think about it. When you like your favorite coffee shop or restaurant you go there repeatedly. That’s how I feel… I genuinely like my husband therefore I continue to stay with him. Lol! I love that he still makes me laugh, we enjoy the simplistic qualities of life like watching our favorite tv shows, laughing at corny jokes that only we would understand. Having deep conversations with opinions that are not always in agreement, but we respectfully agree to disagree. Those are some true qualities for building healthy relationships. I am not going to say that we have always been in this space because that would be an absolute lie! All marriages and relationships have their ups and downs.  I have prayed throughout the years and even now read many books on creating happy healthy marriages. My church offers many marriage classes and seminars on building healthy marriages and relationships. I also continue to do a lot of self-reflection and therapy to make myself whole and complete. If I am not whole and complete, I cannot be whole and complete to those that count on me, like my husband and son. At the end of the day, a healthy marriage or relationship takes work. That work must be done by both people in the relationship. Sometimes marriage requires time for just you and what you enjoy, maybe a day or evening out with friends. Also learning and creating ways that make your spouse happy is key. Marriage and relationships are and will forever be a team effort. It truly takes two. I want you to email me ways that you are finding or creating to make your relationships flourish in 2022. Email me at beautifullycreatedimage@gmail.com.