tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post8757129659232734303..comments2023-11-15T11:41:04.313-08:00Comments on Everyday Carnival: Passion and GutsErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616238682696645579noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post-35944074712399717052012-11-19T22:11:57.221-08:002012-11-19T22:11:57.221-08:00Your second paragraph in parentheses is my favorit...Your second paragraph in parentheses is my favorite. <br /><br />Tim & I are definitely more in love today than ever before. Our love is different in some ways, of course...but it's much, much stronger.<br /><br />stephanie@stephaniesheaffer.comStephaniehttp://stephaniesheaffer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post-3431689855025214982012-11-19T05:36:49.641-08:002012-11-19T05:36:49.641-08:00Thanks Stef!
I do understand that it is reality ...Thanks Stef! <br />I do understand that it is reality that many couples do fall out of love. I just don't like when we act like that is a given. It makes things feel kinda hopeless, you know? <br />None of us have the same story or the same background. But, truthfully, most of us deal with very similar interpersonal issues & sin conflict.<br />I know my marriage, or your marriage, is not what everyone else has experienced. But, I don't think that leaves us unable to relate. We aren't in happy marriages due to lucky happenstances. It is something worked for. <br />Like you said, you do have to remind yourself about the passion you feel deep down. It doesn't just bubble at the service without you stoking it up there, right?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616238682696645579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post-45461048430307863182012-11-18T23:57:30.333-08:002012-11-18T23:57:30.333-08:00The question bothers me too since it isn't the...The question bothers me too since it isn't the case for us, but I sadly know a ton of couples it would be an awesome question for; reminding them of all the ways and reasons they "fell in love" (I hate that term). <br />I have to be careful when I read books on marriage because I come at it from a very different perspective and background than so many of my friends. <br /><br />That said, I definitely have days where it does my heart good to go read my "love" journal I wrote during our courtship/engagement days and remember the sweet memories Jason and I share. The different pace in life right now sometimes over shadows the fact that we're deeply in love and gonna be dating each other until we die. Because I'm self centered, I definitely need the reminders of all the reasons he still tickles my stomach ;-) Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314577454372964927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post-85952583987936705392012-11-15T20:01:48.417-08:002012-11-15T20:01:48.417-08:00Thank you Meris! I agree that knowing how to love...Thank you Meris! I agree that knowing how to love each other has VASTLY improved over the years of our marriage. <br />The book I recently read, from which this question came, was written toward the belief that the majority (often seeming to imply all) of couples had a decline in love & care over the years, and a huge decline post children.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616238682696645579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474479852287201750.post-65838571830056109842012-11-15T19:55:45.581-08:002012-11-15T19:55:45.581-08:00I don't like the question you referred to at t...I don't like the question you referred to at the beginning either! Am I the only one who feels that we are way better at loving each other now than we were then? I think you are correct in saying that it takes a will to expose yourself in order to keep love growing. How easy it is to drift away in your heart and not maintain a "special" relationship with the the one you chose! Mrs. Schwagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417420777362511646noreply@blogger.com