Family Strong Project

Do you ever feel like your spouse loves you, but it's a lazy love? Only showing love when his own love tank is full? Or he only does the bare minimum--just enough to keep things going, but you feel like you're mostly running the show solo? It's highly frustrating and feels unfair doesn't it?

But before we gather up his things and send him off to couch-ville, I want us to really check in. Here are 3 ways we can move from Lazy Love to Faithful Love. 

And I will be honest, this is the hardest thing I have ever done. Fully surrendering. But I trust my God, I trust his design for marriage, and I trust this man that I vowed "for better or worse; in sickness and in health; for richer or poorer."

And guess what ladies?...

Have you ever been to a circus? Do you read that question and feel like you are running a circus at home? I do! Lol!

I think of the talent it takes for people to juggle pins or flames and what is the one thing they have to do? The ONE thing...FOCUS. They do not allow themselves to...

To get a phone or not to get a phone...that is the question. 

Has your child asked for a phone for Christmas this year? How old is your child? And are you getting him/her one? Are you on the fence?

We wrestled with this for a LONG time as we watched our oldest son's friends get phones...and we waited. He BEGGED...and we waited. 

We assured him that, “We are going to do things a lot different than what other parents and families do,” and that's ok. One day he will understand...

What if we loved our spouse and all their imperfections 100%? What if we could simply stop getting frustrated and annoyed with them, and start accepting the things that make us crazy?! 

When I tell my husband "You're driving me crazy," he responds "Crazy in love!" 🤣🙄

Spend time with things that love you back.

This is the phrase, this is the secret sauce, this is what helps us navigate parenting in a digital world. 

Do you feel like screens have literally taken over this year? In the most wonderful way and yet the most overwhelming way, screens are a part of our everyday lives. 

In our home, we have been using the phrase...

When you think of having a firm foundation, what do you think of? Do you think of your faith? Your family? Your health? Your home? 

Here at Family Strong, we think of them all! And each of them take patience, grace, and hard work.

You know when the kids are yelling, the dog is barking, the dishes are piled up, and your husband asks you to do....one.more.thing? 🥴

Do you ever just take a deep breath and exhale 'overwhelm' and inhale what we call 'wonderful chaos?'