Category: Newlywed

• 4 Reasons to Make Love Even When Angry at Your Husband

  

  It was the eve of our one-year wedding anniversary, and my husband and I had one of our biggest fights. We went to bed angry. Rather, he went to bed, and I went to the couch. I wept through most of the night, mourning the death of the marriage of my dreams. Sprawled on the…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 14, 2018

  Acceptance, Affection, Alienation, Anger, Attitude, Avoidance, Bonding, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Conflict, Connection, Desires, Differences, Discouragement, Encouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, Gender Differences, God’s Redemption, Intimacy, Lessons Learned in Marriage, Love, Marriage, Newlywed, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Redemption, Resentments, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Self-sacrifice, Sex & Sexuality, Sex-Drive, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Withdrawal

  Anger, Conflict in Marriage, Love for Mate, Prayer, Sacrifice, Sex in Marriage, Sexual Connection, Sexual Intimacy

• When Storms Come in Marriage – WW Linkup

  

  This past Saturday, my husband and I were excited to celebrate with our oldest son, Jordan, as he married his sweetheart, Sarah at beautiful Sorella Farm in Evington, Virginia. They had planned to have an outdoor ceremony followed by a grand reception in the nearby, decked-out barn. We knew that storms were a possibility on…

  BethSteffaniak

  June 23, 2015

  About Me, Christ-Centered, Faith in God, Marriage, Newlywed, Perseverance, Trials, Wedded Wednesday

  Faith in God, Storms, Trials, Wedded Wednesday

• Blues to Bliss Book Review and WW Linkup!

  

  When I signed up to be a part of Ngina’s (from Intentional Today) launch team for her new book, Blues to Bliss: Creating Your Happily-ever-after in the Early Years, I was {and am} so very excited! I couldn’t wait to get the word out about her book! You see, I love this bloggy girlfriend of…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 3, 2015

  Book Review, Engagement, Newlywed, Wedded Wednesday, Wise Words

  Blues to Bliss, Engagement, Intentionaltoday.com, Newlywed

• How Money Became the Real Ball and Chain in My Marriage

  

  When Gary and I were first married, we were young seminary students with very little money to our name. Unfortunately, I wanted to rework his fashion image. And since I proudly held “a single” credit card to a department store and because Gary needed some clothes, we went on a spending spree!  After all, we…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 25, 2011

  About Me, Accountability, Bad Habits, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Denial, Discouragement, False Beliefs, Immaturity, Marriage, Marriage Mistakes, Money Matters, Newlywed, Perseverance, Priorities, Realistic Expectations, Self-sacrifice

  Debt, Financial Problems, Immaturity, Money, Money Matters, Responsibility