Wife on Fire Challenge {Week 3}: Halfway There!

August 21, 2017August 12, 2018 - The Country Wife 4 Comments

Woot! Woot! If you started with the Wife on Fire Challenge two weeks ago, you have officially made it to the halfway point!

If you are just reading this post and you’re new to Country Wife Chronicles or you have just missed a few weeks of updates, please check out the first two posts of this series here:

In Week 1, I took some time to explain this idea that I hatched about bonding together to be better wives and encouraging one another in the process. It’s all about choosing intentional marriage and making the effort.

Wife on Fire Challenge {Week 2}: Be a Wife on Fire

August 14, 2017August 12, 2018 - The Country Wife 3 Comments

What does it mean to be a Wife on Fire?

At face value, directly from Google, here’s what you get:

A “wife” is defined as a married woman considered in relation to her husband.
“On” is defined as physically in contact with or supported by.
And “fire” is defined as combustion or burning; a chemical combination with oxygen from the air, typically giving off bright light, heat and smoke.

Ok, that’s good, there’s our English lesson for the day.

But what does that mean in the context of marriage?

Wife on Fire Challenge {Week 1}: Introducing the Wife on Fire Challenge

August 7, 2017August 12, 2018 - The Country Wife 4 Comments

Do me a favor. Stop for a moment and think about the vows you said on your wedding day. Were they traditional vows? Did you write your own vows? Do you remember them?

What did you promise?

Do you still mean it? Do you still practice it? Do you live out these promises in your marriage today?

Let me take it a step further…

…hold up, I know what you are thinking.

“Well, it’s not like my husband lives them out either.”

“This is just how marriage looks after awhile.”

Strengthening Your Marriage: DIY Marriage Retreat

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These past few weeks here at Country Wife Chronicles have been all about marriage. Strengthening Your Marriage, specifically.

Strengthening Your Marriage Series: Five Ways to Reconnect

Strengthening Your Marriage Series: Five More Ways to Reconnect

Today, I’m super excited to be able to share a little resource with you that I’ve created. I’m sharing a template for a DIY Marriage Retreat designed to allow you to get away for a weekend and strengthen your marriage with intentionality.

But first, let me give you an idea as to what exactly a Marriage Retreat is.

Strengthening Your Marriage: 5 More Ways to Reconnect

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One thing I know for sure. Our marriage is nothing, if not intentional. Day in and day out, we choose to make it a priority.

Even on the days I really don’t want to.

Even on the days I’d rather just be lazy about it.

Wildland Man and I decided early on in our relationship that marriage would take work and that it would require effort to keep the flame burning bright.

A great marriage is my passion and a blessing beyond measure.

I’m a believer that a marriage in a not-so-great place can be turned around with a single act of kindness by one person. It has to start somewhere, somehow. What is there to lose by trying?

Strengthening Your Marriage: 5 Ways to Reconnect

June 12, 2017June 19, 2017 - The Country Wife Leave a comment

The next few weeks here at Country Wife Chronicles are all about marriage. I decided to write a whole series on “Strengthening Your Marriage.”

Not because I’m an expert or anything. Not because I know all there is to know about marriage. Not because Wildland Man and I have endured the deepest of depths in a lifelong marriage.

No, I’m not an expert. Or a counselor. I certainly don’t know it all, because I’m constantly trying to figure it out. Over and over again. Day after day. It is an intentional effort on my part to make this marriage not only work, but be great.