Thinking of You ~ Wishing You Well ~ and many more!

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Have you received a card or note that has been handwritten? If so, I hope you felt the love that went into it. Every year since we have been married my hubby gets a birthday card with a handwritten message in it from his grandmother. They almost all start the same way: “I remember the night you were born …” These cards have been a treasure for my hubby and for me also. Through the years I learned family tales and stories and traditions were passed on.

A few years ago I did what almost every one I know does on a daily basis. I walked out to my mailbox and picked up the mail. Every day I would get excited anticipating something addressed to me. Maybe I would get an announcement from my favorite nail salon, or a great coupon for a local restaurant, or a postcard from a family member, or a “Thinking of You” card from a friend or maybe … just maybe …a hand-written multi-page letter from a friend!!!

What I found was the same old thing.There was a couple of free magazines, a few odd advertisements addressed to “Postal Customer”, and bills! The only thing that even remotely looked like a personal letter was …

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I Dare You!

Hi Y’all! I’m Stephanie from Our Marriage Adventure and following a request from RevPat (Hey Momma!) to provide a guest post for BarefootPreachr I was really unsure on what to post. But like many great inspirations, it came to me in a flash of insight while working on a journal entry I’ve been doing as part of “The Love Dare.”

You may or may not know about the Love Dare (shameless plug, you can follow along on my blog as my husband and I work through the 365 Day Love Dare) but basically it’s a daily / weekly devotion that works on strengthening your personal walk with God, your marriage with God, and thus your personal marriage with your spouse.

So – enough rambling and back that flash of inspiration (Yes I ramble. I’m sorry.). The other day we were tasked with a question to reflect on.

“How can you be a blessing for your Spouse?”

WOW! What a thought, because to be a blessing is to be more than simply a helper or even a great spouse. No, you need to step it up and be a BLESSING for them. Dictionary {dot} com defines a blessing as “A favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness” and we’re supposed to be that for our spouses?? So how

A Fairy Tale

A couple were dining out together celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.

After the meal, the husband presented his wife romantically with a beautiful very old gold antique locket on a chain.

Amazingly when his wife opened the locket, a tiny fairy appeared.

Addressing the astonished couple, the fairy said, “Your forty years of devotion to each other has released me from this locket, and in return I can now grant you both one wish each – anything you want..”

Without hesitating, the wife asked, “Please, can I travel to the four corners of the world with my husband, as happy and in love as we’ve always been?”

The fairy waved her wand with a flourish, and magically

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