by Alissa | May 10, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #10–Share a Calendar When we were newlyweds, our blissful life was pretty simple and predictable. Fast forward 15 years and our lives are incredibly busy with our schedules and the schedules of 5 kids pulling us in every direction. We learned years ago...
by Alissa | May 9, 2018 | marriage
Lesson #9–Speak Up I was 8 years old when my own parents divorced. It was rough. They fought constantly. I remember once asking my mom why they fought so much and my mom in her awesome humility confessed to me. She said that she didn’t speak up about the...
by Alissa | May 8, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #8–Go to Sleep Together Soon after we were married, a man that we both respected very much gave us an unconventional piece of wisdom. He said to always go to sleep together. We are grateful we received that counsel early on in our marriage. We continue to...
by Alissa | May 7, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #7–Laugh Together Research substantiates the fact that relationships are strengthened through laughter. Find things to do together that will allow you those opportunities to laugh together. In our marriage, we may border on laughing too much, but I think...
by Alissa | May 6, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #6–Worship Together One of the things that has been an incredible strength in our relationship is how our faith has grown together. We attend the same church services. But it doesn’t stop there. We also talk about our faith and worship within the...
by Alissa | May 5, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, family finance, marriage
Lesson #5–Budget Together Usually in every relationship there is one member who is a saver and one who is a spender. There is typically another combination: one who budgets willingly and one who doesn’t. You can be a saver who doesn’t budget or a spender who...
by Alissa | May 4, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #4: Dream Together I think the easiest way for a couple to “grow apart” is when they don’t dream together. Everyone has dreams. Usually our dreams evolve. If we shared our dreams with each other once when we were dating and then never brought them up again, we...
by Alissa | May 3, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
Lesson #3: Love His Family I know they’re not your family and they do things differently and his mom keeps making snide comments and his sister avoids talking to you like you have the plague. Love them anyway. You don’t have to be fake and you don’t have to try...
by Alissa | May 2, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog
Don’t Compare–Ever. I remember it well: our first year of marriage and Facebook was a new thing. I was catching up on all of my friends back home and I started telling my husband about so-and-so and how many amazing things he was doing with his life....
by Alissa | May 1, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, marriage
We are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary! In honor of this milestone, I am sharing a few things we’ve learned along the way. We are by no means “perfect,” (if there is such a thing on this planet), but we have come a long way in the past...
