This month, June, is the most popular wedding month. Every day this month, somewhere around 13,000 couples in America will tie the knot and embark on the lifelong journey of becoming one. Any relationship, especially marriage, needs two nurturing adults caring about every aspect of the relationship’s health and serving one another in a way…
Read moreFour Christmas Collections For All Your Years
My husband and I married on a gorgeous late September day. Just a few short months later, we celebrated our first Christmas as a married couple. Like many couples, we wanted to begin a Christmas tradition of collecting a certain item each Christmas, a tradition that would follow us through the years – till death…
Read moreThe Art of Frugal Anniversary Celebrations
Every anniversary deserves to be celebrated well. But spending several thousands of dollars on your wedding and honeymoon, and then settling into the full financial reality of married life, can leave you with little in the First Anniversary Celebration fund. Most couples want to celebrate their first anniversary in grand style – in fact, most…
Read moreOne Thing You Should Never Do In a Relationship
There are a myriad of things you should never do in a relationship, but this one is not often listed among the truly heinous – though it should be. The one thing? Air dirty laundry about your love. It is called gossip, and it harms relationships. Yes, I can hear the gasps now. I know…
Read more7 Tips for Choosing the Right Mattress
Did you know that six in 10 Americans report that they desire sleep more than sex? Six in ten! Perhaps the reason that sleep is preferable to the horizontal mambo for the majority of Americans is that we just are not sleeping well – and that may be a mattress issue. The mattress you choose…
Read moreIn Sickness and In Health; What We Can Learn From Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams was a beloved actor and comedian, and he ended his own life after a long battle with depression. Electra Cruises joins America in remembering the life of a brilliant man, and in raising awareness of an illness that claims the lives of far too many. When one or both spouses live with…
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