You may have heard the saying, “the family that prays together stays together.” I agree that religious worship as a family is a critical part of keeping families together in today’s world. I also believe that married couples who play together tend to stay together.
Continued courtship after marriage is essential to keeping the love alive. I never understand why some guys who take their girlfriends on several dates per week before the wedding stop dating them a few months or years into the marriage. Those fun nights going out together to dinner, movies, concerts and other events were a big reason they wanted to marry each other, weren’t they?
It’s important to keep that going after the marriage. I highly recommend getting a babysitter and going out with each other at least once per week. When you get away from home, work and, yes, even the kids, you tend to have the kinds of conversations and experiences that strengthen marriages.
My wife and I are coming up on 25 years of marriage next month, and I still look forward every week to our Saturday night dates together. We’re also both recreational runners, and that is an activity we often do together. On April 18, 2011, just about a week before our 25th anniversary, we will run the Boston Marathon together. What an experience that will be!
Some of my blog posts over the next month may get a little personal and focus on the marathon and our preparation, since this is a big part of what my wife and I are doing together right now. Tomorrow morning at 5am — a 22 mile run. Yikes!
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