My wife and I recently had a date night together. It was nice to be able to just talk. There were even a few moments when it was just silent. That was nice too. We started the date out by eating at a little Thai restaurant, then we got a birthday present for my son, and ended the date by getting some dessert at a different restaurant before heading home. It wasn't too flashy. We didn't go shopping the entire time. We took longer to eat. We talked about business and family a little, but kept it to a minimum. Although, I wish we had more dates, I know that we are in a season of our lives with our young children that we can't go out every week. We just don't have the ability to pull that off at this point.

However, we believe that regular healthy dating is necessary for an ongoing healthy marriage relationship. Each couple can determine what "regular" means to them depending on what season of life they are goi ...

May 19, 2015

Several years ago, a good friend of mine told me that he and his wife were having a hard time connecting because of their busy schedules. She woke up and went to work around 5am, he woke up and went to work around 9am. She got home around 4pm, he got home around 8pm. They didn't talk much because most nights she was fast asleep on the couch. They continued through this cycle for several months without having many meaningful conversations and certainly without seeing much of each other. Things began to change when my friend began writing encouraging notes to his wife with a dry erase marker on their bathroom mirror each night. She would wake up early to find another new note that ...