Modern Marriages
The Slides: Modern Marriages
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Handling Pregnancy With A Toddler
My first ob-gyn appointment in Houston, I showed up with my toddler. The doctor looked at him, looked at my belly and said, “Does he weigh over 10kg?” “Of course, he’s almost two.” She shook her head. “You can’t carry him anymore.” And have you tried explaining to a cranky toddler why you can’t just…
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Book Review: Love Lives Here by Maria Goff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Have you ever seen the hashtag #LoveLivesHere on social media? I didn’t know it was actually a book till Amazon sent me a bunch of book recommendations in July. I usually ignore the emails. (Are you going to give me a book discount, Amazon ??) but this time, I took a look and I was…
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My Husband, My Colleague: The Pros And Cons Of Working With My Husband
One morning, I rode up the elevator with a bunch of my work colleagues. The elevator stopped on the sixth floor, and one of them, a tall, light-skinned fella with an Afro, got off. As the doors closed, another of my colleagues asked, “Ah ah. Is that how you say good-bye? No good-bye kiss?” Yes,…
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LOVE LANGUAGE SERIES: Receiving Gifts
Who doesn’t like a freebie? Giving gifts is at the very heart of love. But for some people, receiving and giving gifts is the best way they show just how genuinely they love their partners; that is why it is a love language. Gifts are a symbol of love and visual expression of a loving…
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LOVE LANGUAGE SERIES: Quality Time
In our previous article, we talked about on love language ideas involving words. There is another important love language that people crave, and it is Quality Time. Have you ever spent all day in a house with someone and the person still claim they didn’t get to spend time with you? That’s because this love…
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Five Love Languages Series: Words of Affirmation
There are five love languages that we need to speak fluently in our marriages and families. Today we start with the first, Words of Affirmation. What is Words of Affirmation as a Love Language? Words of affirmation as a love language is the use of positive words and the right tone of voice to express…
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How I Kept Intimacy In My Marriage After Having Kids
After our honeymoon, my hubby and I definitely wanted to continue spending a lot of quality time with each other. Along came the kids and it was goodbye to our alone time. First, there was the waking-up-at-night cycle as babies. Then, there was the sleeping in our bed phase as toddlers. Whenever we tried to…
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7 Tips For Solving Conflict In Marriage
For as long as she could remember, doing her Master’s degree was at the top of Kene’s wishlist. As a child, everyone had called her a bookworm. She’d planned to do the Masters immediately after her stint in Law School. But marriage and kids came in quick succession. Undaunted, she’d delved into an active career….
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How My Long Distance Relationship Helped Me
A lot of people thought it was crazy to have a long-distance relationship. Was it a proper commitment? Shouldn’t we have made it an “open” relationship? How did we know the other person didn’t have a proper face-to-face relationship with another?
