Hello Everyone! I hope you are all doing really well this week. It’s only tuesday and I can already tell that it’s going to be a super long week. I hate when that happens and it’s probably going to be super long because I decided it was. Funny how that work huh?!

Yesterday Sara posted a lot of helpful info and the back story and everything for those of you who are just joining us. So hop over there to find out some of the basics or to just be reminded. We are more than halfway through the process now and I really hope you are all enjoying the reflecting and growing. It’s not always easy to get deep on some subjects like marriage, but I really do believe it is worth it.

So here I am with Day 12. This is another reflective page that really encourages us to get pretty deep. Let’s take a peek at the prompt shall we?

This is always a hard one for me. IT’s just hard to sit and reflect on only myself without thinking “Well but if he hadn’t said that I wouldn’t have said this!”. Honestly though, the only actions we can control are our own. Those are the only ones we can fully change and control. It really doesn’t matter what anyone else says or does. We are responsible for our own actions no matter what situations we are in. It’s definitely not an easy thing to do to step back and take out every wrong that has been done to you and honestly look at yourself, but it is definitely a necessary thing to do I believe.

Maybe you aren’t quite ready to go that deep. That’s totally ok. This is about you and what works for you. Maybe you just want to reflect on some general things without getting too heavy quite yet. Just start where you feel comfortable. Maybe one day you will want to come back and redo some of these prompts going a bit deeper when you are ready.

Here is the page I came up with.

I kept mine kind of basic, but i really did try to openly reflect on myself as best as I could. There are definitely lots and lots of things that I could be doing better! I so hope that this helps you or inspires you a bit. You could even pick one thing..like say doing the laundry and scrap a themey page. It’s really open to interpretation a bit and we just hope that you feel compelled and moved. <3

I think that’s about it for now. Head to Sara’s blog tomorrow for day 13!

Hello Everyone! It has been a very long day so I am apologizing in advance if this gets cut short or I ramble on and on. I hope you guys have been enjoying our little snippets about the prompts and our takes on them. If you are just starting You can find Day 1 on Sara’s blog and then hip hop back and forth from there to here Mon-Fri for the rest of the days.

Today is another prompt that’s a bit heavy. At least for me it was. Let’s go ahead and take a look at it before we delve into it.

It’s a whopper isn’t it?! I have found that with these prompts the ones where I have to reflect the most have been the most eye opening. I guess it’s because I cannot lie to myself. No pretending in your own mind if you actually sit down ready and open for reflection. When I sat down to think about this prompt a plethora of things came to mind that I can and should be doing to nurture my marriage. It’s hard to say why some of the most basic things don’t always come naturally. I guess it’s just natural human selfishness. If you are like me, you can sit and make a HUGE list straight away of all the things your spouse/partner should be doing better. If only they would do this you would do that right? This is definitely how I am! Once Sara and I set out on the project I really did go into my heart of hearts and DECIDE to open up and be willing to love and do what I needed to do to help strengthen my relationship with my husband. It’s sooo hard to do at times though!

For my page I settled on something that really seems basic. For me, I get clouded by old resentments a lot. So much so that I tend to not notice things. It’s hard to brush away those clouds from your vision once they have moved in I think. Here is the page I came up with.

I really wanted a page that was super duper clean and crisp to really reflect the theme. This is showing how I am stripping clean of resentments and promising to notice more. To notice all the good things my hubby does and to notice all the not so nice things that I do. It’s going to be a long road, but this is what I have chosen to do to help nourish my marriage. However, I do think this is something realistic that I really can accomplish.

For your page maybe there is a specific habit you do that bothers your spouse? Maybe there isn’t? The choice of topic might come really easy for some but might be more difficult for others. Just keep yourself grounded. Don’t give yourself unrealistic expectations. You know what you can really do!!! The choice is all yours and I promise that it will definitely be worth it!!!

I have to cut this short for now, but please remember to head to Sara’s blog on Monday for Day 11!! Don’t ever hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns throughout this process!!

Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is doing well and is having a great week so far! We are halfway done with the week which is a good thing to me! I hope you have all been following along with our project so far. No worries if you haven’t. You still have lots of time to catch up. You can find the very first post over on Sara’s blog. Then you just hop back and forth from there.

I am here with prompt 8 today so lets take a look see at it!

I confess that my hubby is in general way too good to me. He is always taking care of me and loving me no matter how insanely selfish I am being. Not to say he’s perfect, but he’s perfect for me I think. I tend to be a grudge holder and a bit of a pessimist at times but he’s always patient with me and tries to be very understanding. I don’t know why but sometimes I do find myself picking away all the bad things he does or says even if those are fewer than the good things. It’s so easy to be hurt once and then just hold tight to picking someone apart so this was a very good prompt for me. It got me to sit down and really notice all the little things (and some big) things that Garret does and says for me. You know every time he’s off he lets me sleep in even though I am sure he’s tired from working soooo much?? You know I often feel entitled to those few extra hours of sleep?? All these little things like that really add up!

Here is the page I came up with for this prompt.

Did you know that this past year we were actually supposed to go to the mountains for vacation? Our plans got changed a bit and we hadn’t made reservations yet so he told me we could go to the beach as long as we could afford it because he knows that I love the beach more than any other place on this Earth. Everything about it makes me insanely happy! You know that he feels that way about the mountains??? I confess that after this challenge I really have had my eyes opened and I am much much more grateful than I was before. I honestly am very blessed no matter what our problems and issues are. We definitely have more good than bad around here and I am so very thankful for that!

I hope that while doing this challenge you dig a little deeper and really really open yourself up to being thankful for every little thing and just don’t even think about the bad. Once I start dwelling on the things that bother me I get totally trapped in a deep dark negative hole. It’s not a fun place! Hopefully your eyes will get as opened as mine did with today’s prompt! I know I am behind on leaving love on your beautiful beautiful pages and I am so very sorry for that! I will be playing catch up this weekend once Garret is home finally! Remember to head to Sara’s blog tomorrow for Day 9!!