Rejoice in the Wife of Your Youth–A Do It Yourself Marriage Retreat

Another thing I filed away for Fred and me to discuss and use personally (and to share at the marriage retreat weekend my pastor and I are leading this spring on the east coast) is from the wonderful men at IX Marks:

Great stuff in the attached .pdf file! I hope you’ll check it out.

It’s interesting to me that my attention would be drawn to both of these posts this morning because I was just remarking to Fred (on the drive home from the hospital last night) how I am beginning to catch even a glimpse of the stress that a sick child places on a marriage.

I’ve always heard about such things–how high the divorce rate is when a child faces a serious illness, disability, or even death. But I never understood just how taxing it all is: doctors and nurses and needles and huge medical machines and driving to and from and to and from the hospital (while watching your tired child sit limp in her car seat imploring you with her eyes and trusting you at the same time).

Thankfully, so far, Fred and I have been drawing closer together, so that’s a true grace and an answer to prayer I am sure. But I still would like us to go through this “do it yourself marriage retreat” one day. I am sure it would be a great blessing to our friendship and our eros love too.

Heading into our day now–

Hope you are well!

Yours,
Tara B.