TIPS ON HOW TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR NEWBORN BY AIR, FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HOW TO BUILD A STRONG MARRIAGE.

I want to help you by sharing some tips on how to have a strong marriage.

We all dream of getting married to someone, that will love us unconditionally, someone to spend forever with. We all want our significant other, to treat us with respect, love and loyalty. 

We are all aware of the fundamentals of marriage.

•Trust

•Honesty

•Loyalty 

•Faithful 

•Commitment 

•security 

•Love

•intimacy 

•Respect

You should have those fundamentals from the get go, from the very beginning of your relationship. You need to have that before you can focus on the tips I'll be sharing with you. The fundamentals are important, if you do not have that, then what are you doing?. 

HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO BUILDING A STRONG MARRIAGE. 

COMMUNICATION. 

Communication is key, in every relationship. This is important. Find ways to communicate about everything, without the fear of wondering how your partner will react. If you're married or have been dating for years, or just started dating, always find ways to communicate. What makes any relationship great, is purely, the meaningful conversations, the good and the bad. The more you communicate, the more success, joy and love you bring to your relationship. You will be setting your relationship up for failure, if you do not find ways and means to communicate with your partner.

FIND SOMETHING YOU BOTH LOVE, TO DO TOGETHER.

Become work-out buddies, watch a game of soccer, or go to an Art gallery or anything you both like, and do it together. Make sure that you have this activity scheduled for every month, trust me.. This will bring so much light and joy to your relationship. Spending time together, is important. 

SPEND TIME APART.

Spending time apart, will make your relationship stronger. You both should spend time apart, by having dates with friends.. Go see a movie, have brunch or go out for drinks with your friends, it's important to have balance. It is also important to have separate friends, although it's healthy having mutual friends in a relationship, it's also better to have a separate group of friends too. Doing this a couple of times, or even once a month, will help you to appreciate each other way more. 

HAVE DATE NIGHTS.

If you have kids, a full time career and your life is pretty much chaos, having date nights are important. Have schedule date night's a couple of times a month. This will help keep the romance alive. Make sure it involves activities that are romantic and bring lots of laughs and joy to the both of you. Try not to do the same thing every time, try different spontaneous activities and gestures for every date night, trust me.. this works. Having kids and a career, can make it pretty easy for you and your partner to live past each other, so it's important to take a break from your kids and  to switch off the "work brain" to remind each other, why you fell in love in the first place. 

LISTEN, YES, LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. 

Listening is hard for most of us, why? Most of us want to be listened to, but find it hard to listen to what others are trying to say to us. In a marriage or any relationship, this is very important. It helps you to become understanding and reasonable. This helps you to see things, from someone else's perspective. Being UNDERSTANDING and REASONABLE are two important factors in a marriage and in a relationship too. Listen to one another, and understand that your partner will have different views and opinions on things. Try to understand the term "personal preference", it's okay to disagree on a few things, but whats important, is to find a common ground and learn to compromise. 

DO NOT BRING UP THE PAST OR OLD HABITS.

It is called "the past" for a reason. If you and your partner had a few mishaps or disagreements in the past and worked through it, then leave it in the past and avoid bringing it up or using old habits against each other. This will cause arguments and fights, that can easily be avoided. When you bring up the past or old habits, this causes you to relive the hurt or discomfort that you already had and tried to move forward from. Your relationship will not move forward if you keep living on what once was. If you find yourself bringing up a specific thing that happened in the past, numerous times.. maybe the situation was not fully resolved and you might still have unanswered questions about the situation. Try and work through it so that you both can move forward, by creating wonderful memories and to be focused on your future together. 

BE KIND, SUPPORTIVE AND CONSIDERATE.

That inexplainable feeling when your partner speaks highly of you, that feeling that brings joy and giggles to your heart, that makes you blush even after all this time. Speaking kind words about each other, is important. It is a sign of respect and love. Be considerate and support one another, getting the love and support from your partner, is one of the most rewarding feelings you can ever experience. You need to point out each other's faults, so you can find ways for improvement, but it's important as to how you address this, be gracious about it and take the criticism in a positive way, so that you can work and improve on certain things. Be kind, always.. even on the most difficult days. 

There is no such thing as a perfect marriage or relationship. We all have our good days and our bad days. We all have our moods, give each other space when needed. I am a stay at home mom, which means, I'm moody and grumpy some days, so my husband gives me space until I calm down and until I'm ready to talk about what it is that's bothering me. Find ways to make things easier for one another. The last, but not least tip.. if anything, this one is my favorite and the most important one to me. 

PRAY TOGETHER.

A Godly couple will never go wrong, even on the worst days, a couple that prays together, will succeed in anything and everything. Prayer helps us find peace. Prayer helps us find comfort and joy. Prayer helps us find goodness in each other. Prayer helps getting rid of any negativity in you heart, marriage and relationship. Prayer is what makes us good and helps us love, even on the bad days. 

Love is good, when it's right.

God bless. I hope these tips will be helpful to most of you. 😊