| |
|
in this September issue.... |
|
|
|
|
As Guilford County’s only agency specifically focused on family life and parent education, the Family Life Council provides accessible, high quality, and diverse programs, resources and advocacy for today’s families, educators and community agencies. |
|
|
|
To subscribe or unsubscribe visit info@gcmarriage.org and put
"subscribe" or "unsubscribe" on the reference line.
Events of Interest
How Not to Marry a Jerk or Jerkette
Thursday, September 22nd, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
The Green Bean - 341 S. Elm St.
Grandparenting Children of Divorce
Wednesday, October 5th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church - 317 N. Elm St.
Building Strong Families: One Book at a Time
"Real Boys" - Book Discussion
Thursday, October 13th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Central Library - 219 N. Church Street
Settling Conflicts in Marriage
Thursday, October 13th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
2nd floor - Dorothy Bardolph Bldg.
Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts
Saturday, October 29th, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church - 617 N. Elm Street
“Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work.
~Author Unknown"
|
Check out our NEW website...www.gcmarriage.org
- Easy to access resources
- Calendar of events for Guilford County
- Our latest news and helpful information for you!
|
|
Wedding Anniversary Celebrations
“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” -Paul Sweeney
Celebrating anniversaries is one way to strengthen a relationship. Many couples celebrate their anniversaries each year with cards, personal gifts, and going out together. While a lot of emphasis is placed on anniversary gifts, the most important gift is just the acknowledgement of the day and the opportunity to celebrate.
Anniversaries and traditions allow us to take a break from our routines to celebrate this important relationship. It is a time to celebrate surviving struggles, achievements, family, and a shared history. Whatever is done to celebrate an anniversary, from a party to a quiet dinner at home, the act of celebrating and reconnecting is important.
Take it from the experts...An article in the Detroit News on August 13, 2005, announced the 81st wedding anniversary of Andre and Marguerite Debray who were married in 1924. He is now 107 and she is 101. When interviewed, Mrs. Debray said the secret to such a long marriage is “Love and respect for the other person.” She also said that while her husband is not perfect, his faults lessened over time. She said, “It has been so long, I got used to them.”
|
|
Love says... Passion is the Key
Pat Love, a nationally recognized relationship expert provides advice to keeping your marriage thriving. A passionate marriage is one where both partners are enthusiastic about their relationship. Shared passion helps both people to feel great about the relationship and themselves, and can be a powerful source of divorce prevention. Here are just a few tips to increase the passion within your marriage:
- Figure out what you want and tell your partner. Make it easy for them to know your likes and dislikes.
- Cheat on your chores to give you more time with your spouse.
- Ignore misconceptions about marriages today. Keep a positive outlook on your marriage, no matter how many divorces may occur around you.
To learn more about adding passion to your relationship, check out one of Pat Love's books or audio tapes from our Resource Library.
Source: Love, Patricia & Robinson, Jo. (1995) Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking.
New Jersey: Penguin Books.
|
|
Conversation Starters...
When you have been in a relationship with someone for a long time it is too easy to let conversations stall, to assume we know what our partner thinks and we have heard all the stories. Make a choice to keep things fresh – people change, we forget stories we have heard, and we may not have heard it all. Using books like Love Talk Starters by Les and Leslie Parrott can be a fun way to get a new conversation going. Here are a couple of ideas from this book:
- What would you want the two of you to do if you had a free Saturday and $1,000 that had to be spent that day?
|
|
The Second Half of Marriage
This time of year young adults are leaving "the nest" and headed for college, careers, and a future of independence. Mom & Dad are left to face changes including financial challenges, aging parents, grandchildren, and boomerang children. Today the empty nest marriage can be more complicated then just Mom and Dad left at home when the kids leave. "Empty nest couples in record numbers are asking themselves: What can we talk about now that we've lost the emotional focus of our life? How can we revitalize our marriage? With the kids gone, what is my new identity? Where do we go from here?" Claudia & David Arp address these issues and others in their book Fighting for Your Empty Nest Marriage and make the following suggestions as starting points:
- Put romance and sensuality back into your relationship
- Slow down and get life in perspective
- Look at the positives in your relationship
- Have fun together as a couple
- Find balance in your life as a couple between your kids and your aging parents.
Finding activities that will rekindle a loving and long-lasting partnership is critical to the success of your marriage. Please check out the calendar of events for Marriage Enrichment programs in Guilford County or visit the Resource Library to find books and teaching resources in the "Fighting for your Marriage" series.
|
|
Refer It
We hope you enjoyed this issue of the e-Magazine and encourage you to forward it to others who might find this information useful. |
|
Keep the e-Magazine Spam-Filter Friendly
Please add info@gcmarriage.org to your list of safe senders to prevent the e-magazine from being blocked or sent to your junk folder.
Call For Content
GCMRC e-Magazine is looking for well-written marriage-related articles, poems, quotes, book/movie reviews, news, event announcements, product reviews, successful marriage stories, clean humor, letters to the editor, information on marriage legislation, and other family-related content.
Click here to Submit content.
NOTE: By submitting content, you represent that you have the rights to this content and that you give GCMarriage.org and the Family Life Council the right to reprint this content on the Internet, via e-mail, and in print form.
To Submit an Event
GCMRC will help you to advertise your marriage / family related event. Visit GCMarriage.org for an online form to submit the information.
To Subscribe Or Unsubscribe
If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, and you want a free monthly e-mail subscription to GCMRC e-Magazine, or would like to unsubscribe, email GCMarriage.org and put "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe" in the Subject line.
|
