12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 6 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

               DAY 6: ACCEPTANCE

One of the most amazing gifts in life is to find someone who knows all your flaws, differences, and mistakes, yet still loves everything about you.

Growing up, I remember the word two-faced being viciously hurled at those deemed to be untrustworthy, duplicitous and without authenticity.

Then I became an adult and came to this conclusion: Most people, myself included, were encouraged early on to become two-faced.

Not in the negative sense of the word I heard (and used) in my teenage years, but as the proper description of what it often takes to protect oneself in society.

We wear two faces.  The brave one reserved for the general public.  

“Never let them see you sweat,” “Don’t let them know where you tie your goat,” and other similar lessons taught during our formative years set us on a path of creating a public persona and a private one.

We wore a mask so often it became a part of our innermost being.

Then one day, someone came along and removed our masks.  They revealed the beauty of what was beneath.  The good, the bad, the admirable, and the yet-to-be-worked on.  They gave us permission to just be ourselves, exactly where we were in that moment.

The moat we’d previously built around our heart was drained and the drawbridge let down.  We discovered the walls we’d erected to protect us weren’t just keeping others from hurting us, they were keeping us from being free.

Trapped in the very castles we’d built to keep us safe.

Having that one person who accepted us, flaws and all, freed us.  Knowing we were loved no matter our mistakes, liberated us.  Finally, we could remove our masks and allow vulnerability to take its place.  Because we experienced then, and continue to marvel in now, one of the most freeing gifts of marriage: Acceptance.

It is this sense of knowing we are loved unconditionally, in spite of ourselves, that allows us to grow into the beautiful people we were always meant to be.

This series is unlike any I’ve ever done before.  The top half of this page is reserved for a marriage encouragement and the lower half a promotion for my upcoming book.  So if you desire, scroll down to participate in our 12 Days of Christmas spectacular giveaway.  But more importantly, join me here tomorrow for Day 7 of our 12 Gifts of Marriage series.

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR GIVEAWAY

Every day, for 12 days, I will post an encouragement for your marriage at the top.  And then, a pretty spectacular giveaway at the bottom in honor of the release of my upcoming book, Happy Wives Club. (Still can’t believe we are just 1 week away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: Sony Xperia Z Tablet!

No purchase is necessary, entering to win is simple, and you control your number of entries.  But if you do choose to pre-order the book (Amazon and Barnes & Noble have it 25% off today), make sure to scroll down because we’re giving you tons of FREE STUFF!

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Here are the details for the awesome FREE GIFTS you’ll get for pre-ordering Happy Wives Club today. (**If you’ve already pre-ordered, you get these too!)

If You Pre-Order 1-4 Books:

• Love Notes: a brand new eBook by Fawn Weaver
• An mp3 download of Happy Wives Club audio book read by Fawn Weaver
• 50 photos with inspirational quotes from Happy Wives Club

If You Pre-Order 5+ Books (perfect for starting a book club with friends):

• Get all the great gifts from the list above
• The Official ”Happy Wife” T-shirt
• The Official HWC “Happy” Mug
• Invitation to join Fawn’s private book club Facebook group where she’ll personally guide you through the lessons contained in this book and answer your questions

HOW DOES IT WORK?

All you have to do is email a copy of your receipt (or order confirmation email) to hwcbook@gmail.com.  If you’ve already pre-ordered your book, just email your receipt and you still get these gifts!  For additional details: http://happywivesclubbook.com/blog/preorder.

WANT TO GIVE THIS BOOK AS A GIFT BEFORE ITS RELEASE ON 1/7/14?

Not to worry, we created these beautiful printables you can give to anyone letting them know you’ve pre-ordered the book for them as a Christmas gift, anniversary, wedding or engagement present.

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today® and New York Times® bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 900,000 women in over 110 countries around the world. When she’s not blogging or working on her next project, she's happily doting over her husband of nearly eleven years, Keith.

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