12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 7 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

       DAY 7: SPOONFUL OF SUGAR

Life can be tough.  Things will rarely go exactly as planned.  Perfection…well, there is no such thing.

Even for the most optimistic person, there are times when your circumstances might seem like a tough pill to swallow; medicine you’d rather not take.

But then a supportive spouse comes to the rescue with just a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down.

Watching the movie, Saving Mr. Banks, last week with Keith, I was once again reminded that life is what we make of it.  

In the movie, the two main characters (Walt Disney and author P.L. Travers) both had incredibly tough upbringings and yet, in the end, they chose to view the world drastically different.  And the happiness in each of their lives reflected those decisions.

One decided to write about a ‘spoonful of sugar’ in a musical called Mary Poppins.  The other decided to take it.

One of the greatest gifts of marriage is the ability to lessen life’s trials for your spouse (and your spouse, for you).  Marriage won’t make the challenges disappear, but having a loving spouse by your side makes the stresses of life that much easier to bear.

The partnership formed between two loving spouses allows the burdens to be shared.  Even in the most challenging of times, an embrace, a perfectly timed joke, or a reminder to focus on the larger picture, helps us jump over the hurdles with greater ease.

Life throws us curve balls.  Always has.  Always will.  But learning to knock those curve balls out of the park is what makes the wins so much more meaningful.  And the winningest team there is, if you nurture it: You + Your Spouse.

Join me here tomorrow for Day 8 of our 12 Gifts of Marriage series, and if you desire, scroll down to participate in our 12 Days of Christmas spectacular giveaway.  

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: Nook HD + $250 Barnes & Noble Gift Card!

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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