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Get to Know Your Spouse: Questions to Ask

February 15, 2012 by Kristen

He rushed in from work, worn from a long 12 hour day. Kids met him at the door, one asking for help with math homework, the other for basketball pointers. Our youngest held onto his leg with a death grip. We quickly kissed and I worked to get dinner on the table, knowing we’d have to shorten our family devotion, so we could make it to community group on time.

Our eyes locked with a long glance over the math book , one that said, “I want to connect with you.”

We both knew we had Mercy House reports to finish once the kids were in bed.

It’s a typical day at our house.

There’s a lot of talking in our house, just not so much with each other or privately.

I think that’s why we both push everything aside to make date nights possible. But let’s face it, connecting once a month isn’t enough. We make a habit of taking time (sometimes it’s over the phone or under the covers in the middle of the night) to ask each other questions.

I’ve been married to this guy for 17 years. We renewed our wedding vows six years ago during this difficult season and exchanged these rings. His has a special inscription on it. I’ve always known it was important to him. The other day he took off his ring while working out and called me frantically because he couldn’t find it.

I asked him, “What would you do if you couldn’t find it?” He said that’s not an option. And then he said, “it’s the most important physical possession I own. It represents so much to me.”

I had no idea.

But discovering this small bit of information made me feel closer to him. I tucked it in my heart and I’ve thought about it more than once.

Marriage takes work and communication. If you don’t ask, they won’t tell you what’s happening in their heart.

P. S. I searched the house while he was at work and found the ring in his pocket. Sheer joy returning it to him.

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I’m wrapping up this little marriage series–for now. Thanks for sharing your hearts and being committed to love your spouse better. 

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15 days of marriage in review:

I Respect Him, He Loves Me

{Dear Mr. Welch}: On Writing Love Letters

100 Ways to Make Your Marriage Rock (pinned over 20,000 times on Pinterest and brought a dose of controversy)

Old Married People

Fun Ways to Say I Love You

{Dear Mrs. Welch} What I Love About You

The Key to a Good Marriage {Free Printable} 

A Marriage Redeemed [Our Story]

Getting Along: Marriage

200+ Date Nights

24 Comments Filed Under: I love my hubby, loveletters

Getting Along: Marriage {Giveaway}

February 13, 2012 by Kristen

UPDATE:  Congratulations, Lauren Plummer (comment 73), you have been selected as the winner! I love my husband. Always. But every once in awhile, there are *moments* when I don't like him. Yikes. Can I be that honest? I've always said the line between crazy wild love and a crazy wild anger are close. Here's the deal: you are probably a robot if you get along with everyone living in your home 100% of the time. It's just not possible to agree on everything, every day of the ... Read More

116 Comments Filed Under: Giveaways, I love my hubby, loveletters

The Key to a Good Marriage {Free Printable}

February 9, 2012 by Kristen

If I could go back and talk to the young wide-eyed girl who thought she knew it all, this is what I'd say: Dear 22 year old me, You are about to get married. You don't have a clue. He's going to be your soul mate. He's going to disappoint you. Ultimately, he's going to teach you how to love. There are going to be some bumps along the way . There will even be a mountain or two. You will survive. You don't need more money or more stuff. You need to live every day without regret, love ... Read More

23 Comments Filed Under: I love my hubby, loveletters, Printable

[Dear Mrs. Welch]: What I Love About You

February 8, 2012 by Kristen

We are writing love letters to each other this month. He's good with words, y'all. I cried a bucket when he read this to me, hot breath on my cheek: Dear Kristen, I have spoken about this many times and yet it resonates deeply in my soul. What I love about you is that you are genuine and authentic. Seriously.  It may not be romantic, but you don't have a high pitched, fake voice that you use when you run into a friend that you haven't seen in a long time. You don't act one way in front ... Read More

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Old Married People {Giveaway}

February 6, 2012 by Kristen

UPDATE:  Congratulations to Jennifer H. (82), Alicia's Homemaking (100), Emily E. (105), Lisa (191) and Kate N. (204)!  You have been randomly selected as the giveaway winners. I remember when my parents were our age. Forty-one. Thirty-nine. I thought they were so old. What did I know? When my husband smiles, his eyes crinkle. I see his father. I have my mother's hands. Both our parents inching towards their golden anniversary. Fifty years. It's a mantle we wear ... Read More

394 Comments Filed Under: Giveaways, I love my hubby, loveletters

100 Ways to Make Your Marriage Rock

February 5, 2012 by Kristen

Write him letters Go on regular date nights Write his name on lipstick on the bathroom mirror Revitalize the romance with intimate dates Pray together Hide notes in secret places Go to bed at the same time Listen to music together-share earbuds Send him on a scavenger hunt in the house Buy him gifts he will love Hide a treat in his glovebox or desk at work Read the Bible together Wear shirts that tell the world you love your spouse Praise your spouse to other ... Read More

Filed Under: I love my hubby, loveletters, My Life, popular

{Dear Mr. Welch}: On Love Letters

February 2, 2012 by Kristen

Dear Mr. Welch, I think about the yellowing stack of letters tied with a shoestring hidden from our children and nosey people, the letters that still bring a red blush to my cheeks. Remember our hot words on cool paper? We were so young, so far apart from each other, but words brought us together. Words created all of this (wide-arm gesturing over the piles of laundry and floating dust bunnies). We fell deeply, madly in love over letters scratched out while my first grade class was at ... Read More

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