Author Archives: Fawn Weaver

About Fawn Weaver

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.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 12

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

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 12

   DAY 12: LIFE OF COMFORT

When you first read the twelfth gift of marriage, Life of Comfort, did you immediately think, “Hey Fawn Weaver, don’t make people think marriage will always feel comfortable?!”

Rest assured, that is not the sort of comfort I’m referencing.

Lying in bed this morning, looking out at the rain in front of me, and my husband laying behind me with his arms locked around me in a tight embrace, this twelfth gift became clear as day.

No sun in sight and the visibility almost nonexistent, yet the comfort I felt in my heart was so palpable it was as if the day was already filled with sunshine.

Marriage is not supposed to make you feel comfortable at all times.  A great spouse loves you exactly the way you are. An extraordinary spouse helps you grow; inspires you to be,  do and give your very best. 

This is not always comfortable.  But it should be comforting.

You and I are blessed with wonderful, imperfect spouses who love us to pieces.  How do I know this?  You’re here with me.  You’re a part of this rapidly growing community. 

I’m not implying your spouse loves you perfectly all the time, or vice versa, but it is your love that brings you here daily.  It is that love that makes you resolve to be a better spouse with each passing moment.

Marriage is filled with an endless amount of gifts.  We’ve only scratched the surface with these twelve.  But on this day, I hope I have inspired you to look at your marriage as a true and immeasurable gift.  A treasure from above.  Never to be taken for granted.

If I’ve done that, waking up each morning at 4:45am to write a new post on one of the many gifts of marriage -every day for the past 12 days- was worth every moment.  And tomorrow, my friends,  I will sleep in…

Until Tuesday…make it a great day!

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P.S. This is also the very last day of our 12 Days of Christmas spectacular giveaway so, if you so desire, make sure to scroll down and enter to win (it’s a pretty fantastic Date Night prize).

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR GIVEAWAY

One last chance to enter the 12 Days of Christmas Spectacular Giveaway in honor of the release of my upcoming book, Happy Wives Club. (We are just 2 days away from its release – Wow!)

TODAY’S GIFT: $250 Restaurants.com + $250 Fandango Gift Card

As always, 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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 11

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 11 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 11

   DAY 11: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

Maybe my own vanity has led me to this place (although I’d love to believe there’s not a vain bone in my body…ahem).  But the gift of marriage I’m introducing today happens to be one of my personal favorites.

It’s the one I knew very little about until I spent the better part of last year interviewing happily married couples in 12 countries and 6 continents.

Although this gift has been written on for decades, and studies from well-respected medical organizations like the Mayo Clinic have long proved it, I still didn’t fully grasp it until I traveled around the world and saw it first hand on every continent.

HAPPY MARRIAGE = THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

Marriage has been shown to increase general happiness. Overall, 40 per cent of married people, compared with just 25 per cent of single people, say they are happy with their life.

The survey stating those results, led by Professor Andrew Oswald at the University of Warwick, likened the benefits of marriage on our happiness levels to the equivalent of an annual cash injection of $98,000 into our lives.

Happy marriages are a youth elixir.  Every couple I interviewed on my journey around the world (with the exception of a few stricken by illness) looked at least 10 years younger than their actual age. 

In most cases, they looked between 15-20 years younger.  One of the wives I interviewed in Cape Town, South Africa was 67 years old but barely looked 50 and had more energy than me (and I’ve got energy to spare). 

I wish I could tell you I’ve done a scientific study on the effects of marriage on thickness of hair, suppleness of skin, strength of nails and heightened energy but that would be a fib.  I can tell you, however:  I’ve interviewed more happily married couples than I can count and there is one thing I can’t help but notice in all of them.  They seem to not only have the secret to a happy marriage but unlimited access to the fountain of youth.

So while the $230 million global beauty market continues to roar on, you and I don’t have to be a part of it.  All we need to do is invest in our marriages, create happiness in our homes, and viola! we give ourselves access to dip into the fountain of youth daily.

Just one more day remains in this series.  I’d be honored if you’d join me here tomorrow for Day 12 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 a few days away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: His & Her Fitbit Force Wristbands

Jump start your New Year health and fitness goals with this awesome gift.  If you don’t know much about Fitbit bands, check it out here

As always, 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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 10

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 10 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 10

        DAY 10: GIVING HOPE

“It’s time to start a marriage revolution. Solid marriages lead to a more stable home environment which in turn leads to a more stable society.

“If we want to change the world, we need to start at home and let it grow from there.”

These were words spoken by the husband of Heather Lammers, a fellow blogger and HWC member.

I’d given Heather an advance readers copy of the Happy Wives Club book and in her excitement of sharing with her husband what she’d discovered, this is what immediately came to his mind.

Today, is Day 10 in our 12 Gifts of Marriage series and it seems to be no better time than to introduce this wonderful gift: Giving Hope.  

The gifts of marriage -your marriage- aren’t just limited to your spouse and you.  They extend far beyond the four walls of your home.

When you and your husband are in public, holding hands, nuzzling under each other’s chins or resting in one another’s arms, that is not just for you.  Of course, you don’t do it for show.  And that is what makes it even more special.

On Christmas, my husband and I walked along the beaches of Southern California.  We started in Marina Del Rey, then walked through Venice and Santa Monica.  Along the way, we noticed people kept smiling at us and seemed genuinely happy to see us walking by.  

It was Christmas so I just assumed everyone was so friendly because it’s the most wonderful time of the year (not to mention, we were at the beach, in 80-degree weather, during the last week of the year). 

But it was more than that.  Finally, a woman walking across the street in the opposite direction of us, looks at us with a large grin, points to my shirt and yells, “Beautiful!”  Keith looked down and said, “Oh, now I understand why everyone keeps smiling at us!”

I hadn’t thought much about what I was wearing but that tee shirt was bringing life to so many who walked by us.  It was a simple black shirt I ordered online that read: I Love My Husband.

There are alot of hurting people in the world.  Those who have been jolted by love, shaken by abuse and jaded by abandonment.  The love between you and your spouse, your marriage, gives them hope.  Your loving marriage is a gift, not only to you…but to the world.

Just two more days in this series.  I’d be honored if you’d join me here tomorrow for Day 11 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 a few days away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: $500 Fitness Package for Two!

I am SO excited about this gift!  Is getting healthy at the top of your list of 2014 resolutions?  Then this is the way to do it.  You’ll have US Olympian Annett Davis coaching you and giving you all the tools you need to get your year started off right!

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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 9

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 9 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 9

               DAY 9: A BETTER YOU

“When people don’t live up to your expectations…show more grace.”  These were my husband’s encouraging words when sharing his New Year’s resolution for me.

Every New Year’s Eve, it is our annual tradition to spend time thinking about two things: Five personal goals for the upcoming year and five areas of growth we’d like to see in each other.

On an index card, I fill one side with New Year’s resolutions for myself and on the flip side I do the same for my husband.  During our New Year’s Eve dinner, we exchange cards.  It’s one of my favorite date nights of the year.

Last night, however, with the incredibly busy season we are in leading up to next week’s release of the Happy Wives Club book, we decided to do it a little differently.

We each told the other one major area of growth we’d noticed from the current year and one area of improvement needed in the new year.  

For me, the greatest area of growth Keith noticed was my determination to finish one project before moving on to the next (something that has been a weakness in my personality throughout  my life).

And for my area of improvement, it was to show a greater amount of grace.  I hold myself to a very high standard, “But you can’t hold others to the same standard you require of yourself,” he reminded me.

In that conversation, one of the single most beneficial gifts of marriage came to life: A Better You (a better me).

Your spouse likely knows you better than anyone else.  You share the same bed, and sometimes, even the same pillow.  One of the best gifts you can give is to help each other become your best selves.  Because that, my friends, is what allows you to create your best life.

I’d be honored if you’d join me here tomorrow for Day 10 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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P.S. If you are wondering what happened to Day 8, I made a last minute decision to take a one-day break from this series to share this inspiring new post with you: 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Marriage.  It just seemed like the right thing to do on New Year’s Eve. Hope you didn’t mind.

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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 a few days away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1!

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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

HWC_PreOrderGifts_920x786_4

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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 7

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

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 7

       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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

HWC_PreOrderGifts_920x786_4

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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 6

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

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 6

               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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

HWC_PreOrderGifts_920x786_4

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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 5

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 5 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 5

       DAY 5: CREATING HISTORY

The beauty of things that happen organically.  Following yesterday’s post, I received numerous notes from encouraged couples – spouses reading it together.

One comment from Cheri Gregory became the inspiration for today’s gift: Creating History.

“Although The Story of Us was not the romantic comedy we were hoping for when we saw it on a date night 15 years ago, I’ve always remembered these lines, spoken by the wife when she realizes she doesn’t want to file for divorce:

‘There’s a history here, and histories don’t happen overnight. In Mesopotamia or Ancient Troy there are cities built on top of other cities, but I don’t want another city, I like this city.’

“The “history” she speaks of is built from bearing witness to each other’s lives day in and day out.

“For me, ‘a place called home‘ is about this shared history.  I can start asking, ‘Do you remember when…?’ and my husband will start to laugh because he knows exactly what I’m referring to. Sometimes, all it takes is a look.

“According to Daniel Goleman (and others), couples become biologically wired to be together, to the point that when one spouse dies, the other is truly lost because the carrier of all that history, the co-creator of ‘home,’ is gone.”

Fifteen years from now, on our silver anniversary, we plan to once again renew our vows.  As my husband twirls me around on the dance floor, all guests in attendance will know they aren’t just watching two people dancing cheek-to-cheek, they’re witnessing history being created.

Today, I encourage you to take some time to think about the history you and your spouse have created thus far.  Pull out photo albums, look through your Facebook photos and marvel at the wonder of your life.  Whether up or down, it’s a beautiful life.

Please join me tomorrow for Day 6 of this series and before you leave today, if you so 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

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  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 less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: $500 Best Buy 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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 4

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 4 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 4

       DAY 4: PLACE CALLED HOME

“From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, and my arms will be your home.”

No one knows who originally penned those words, but over the years, they have become a part of wedding ceremonies all over the world.

Those twenty-two words, so simple and true, are a reminder of this: In marriage, a home isn’t about the white picket fence.  It’s having two arms to fall into at the end of each day.

One of the most comforting gifts of marriage is knowing you will always have a place called home.

It is this realization that allows a couple months behind in their mortgage to look into each other’s eyes and decide, “We only need each other.  The stress and strain of debt isn’t worth it.  Our home isn’t comprised of four walls.”

To the world, fascinated with perceived perfection and wealth, an expensive house is the status symbol for which to strive.  

Those in a loving marriage are able to quickly reject that pressure knowing a house does not make a home but rather the loving arms of a wonderful spouse.  

No matter where you go or where you stay, home is always with you.  

For some, that is an expansive place on the country hillside.  For others, a quaint apartment in the city.  Regardless of the location, size or furnishings, the wise couple knows a house will never define this life and certainly not the most important thing in life: Love.

The ongoing pressure to do more, buy more, acquire additional debt, finally has a place where it falls on deaf ears.  Because in marriage, it’s not about decorating a home with costly furniture.  But rather filling a living dwelling, no matter how great or how small, with love.

For the next 9 days, we will continue to unwrap one additional gift of marriage daily.  If you missed the first three gifts of marriage, definitely go back and read them.  They will bless your marriage; reminding you of the beauty of all you have and diminishing the importance of anything you might lack.

Please join me tomorrow for day 5 and before you leave today, make sure to 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

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  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 less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: Sony Alpha NEX 5T Camera!

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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 3

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 3 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 3

             DAY 3: TRUST

A musician stands on the edge of a stage with his back facing the crowd, closes his eyes, spreads his arms like an eagle and falls backwards with reckless abandon.

The crowd, in anticipation and with great excitement, catches him and continues to keep him lifted.  

This is the ultimate act of trust for artists and musicians; to fall into the arms of their fans trusting they will keep them lifted.

A husband stands at the edge of life, arms stretched wide, closes his eyes, and falls backwards into the arms of his wife.  Trusting, no matter her strength, she’ll never let him fall.  

This is one of the most beautiful gifts of marriage: Trust.

Before marriage, so many walk around with heads held high proclaiming a need for no one.  God maybe, but no human being.  But in our hearts, we know neither is true.  We need both.

It is said that, “Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being profoundly known.”  It allows a bond to develop, a trust like none other, between two people whose souls were created in heaven and later bound on earth.

To be fully known, that is the necessity of every person; man, woman and child.  And a loving marriage provides that like no other earthly relationship.

We stand on the edge of life, eyes closed and arms raised, and fall backwards.  And magically, almost mysteriously, no matter the strength of our spouse, we are always caught.

On Christmas, we unwrapped the first gift of marriage: Friendship.  Then yesterday, we explored the gift of being a United Front.  And for the next 10 days, we will continue to unwrap one additional gift of marriage daily.  In a world filled with insatiable desires, it is nice to spend time just appreciating the gifts we already have.  Don’t you think?

Please join me tomorrow for day 4 and before you leave today, make sure to 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

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  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 less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: His & Her Kindle Fire HDX!

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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 2

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 2 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 2

             DAY 2: UNITED FRONT

One of the most underutilized gifts of marriage is the strength of two standing together as one.

Zig Ziglar once said, “Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side.”

The blessing of togetherness, the beauty of teamwork, allows you to go twice as far, climb twice as high, at twice the speed.

Like a relay race; you may only run half the distance but you still get credit for finishing the entire race.

When you and your spouse determine from the onset that you will remain an united front no matter what, there is not a foe in the world who can defeat you.

A chief encourager stands readily on the sidelines cheering you on.  A coach that huddles with you in the middle of the game helping draw out the next play.  A teammate who will never let you fail.

Do you have an audacious goal in your life?  One you’re almost embarrassed to say out loud because, “Really, who dreams this big?”  That goal, your dream, can be realized in half the time when you join with your partner in life.

Even in those moments, those years when that dream seems to elude you, appreciating the partner by your side allows you to enjoy the journey.  And during those difficult storms in life, it allows you the ability to dance in the rain.

Yesterday, we unwrapped the first gift of marriage: Friendship.  And for the next 11 days, we will unwrap one additional gift of marriage daily.  Whether your marriage is at its highest high or its lowest low, my hope is you will be encouraged and reminded of the power -and blessing- of the greatest union in life.

Join me tomorrow for day 3 and before you leave today, make sure to 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

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  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 less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: A $500 AMAZON 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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

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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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 1

12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 1 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

12 Gifts of Marriage - Day 1

                DAY 1: FRIENDSHIP

Marriage is a gift.  Like a present under the decorated fir tree on Christmas Eve.  

Children go to sleep early in anticipation of waking up at sunrise.  Excitedly awaiting the opportunity to tear open their largest gift meticulously wrapped in shades of red, green, silver and gold.

Opening this present first thing in the morning provides a glow that remains with them throughout the day.

So it is with marriage.  It is a gift of immeasurable worth we have the honor of opening each morning and rewrapping every night.  

With excitement, we await the sunrise so we can open our most anticipated present once again.

What is it about this gift that is so precious?  What makes it worth waking up to each morning?

Marriage brings with it an endless number of gifts.  Chief among them is friendship.  

A bond that is formed between two souls who knew not of one another until both hearts were ready.  But once each soul was revealed to the other, it was clear nothing would remain the same.

Friendship, a genuine connection with another is something every soul longs.  And it is one of the greatest gifts of marriage.  One worth unwrapping with excitement today and every day. 

On this beautiful Christmas morning, I invite you to marvel with me at this amazing gift we’ve been given called marriage.  It is an honor, a privilege, something to be grateful for every moment of of our lives.

For the next 12 days, we will unwrap one gift of marriage daily.  My greatest hope is in reading, you will be encouraged and reminded of the amazing wonder of being joined with another for life.

Will you join me here tomorrow as we close out the year honoring 12 gifts of marriage and enter the New Year doing the same?  And before you leave today, make sure to 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

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  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 less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: A $500 VISA 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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!)

HWC_PreOrderGifts_920x786_4

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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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.

10 Reasons Your Should Read & Share This Marriage Book

10 Reasons You Should Read & Share This Marriage Book

10 Reasons Your Should Read & Share This Marriage Book

In 2 short weeks, the Happy Wives Club book will hit stores. Two years in the making and the day is finally here.  Wow.

Unfortunately, I’m a horrible salesperson.  Even when I was the Director of Sales & Marketing for a Hilton-family hotel.  

We were one of the busiest hotels in the area, and when other salespeople would ask my advice I’d tell them, “Oh, I hate sales!  I’m not good at it at all.”

What I was good at was building relationships.  And that’s what allowed me to be a successful salesperson.  

To this day, what I love most about life are the relationships I’ve cultivated.  My father always told me that people were a much greater currency than money so the wiser investment.

I agree.

But what I’ve quickly learned with writing a book is if I want the world to read it, I’d better learn to embrace my inner salesperson (I assure you, she’s kicking and screaming and in a fetal position at this moment) or no one will know about it.

The Happy Wives Club book was birthed directly out of this movement.  When I began this site, a book deal was the furthest thing from my mind.  Even how it came about was a bit serendipitous.  

But now that I’ve poured my heart and soul into this book, I present it to you.  In hopes that you would join my journey around the world to meet new friends and discover what has made their marriages so great over the years.

And because sales isn’t my gift (hear my inner sales person running in the other direction right now), I thought I would just share with you my heart.  Is that okay?

10 Reasons Your Should Pre-Order, Read & Share Happy Wives Club

1. There has never been another marriage book like it – ever!  I’m so confident of this, I asked the publisher to make the first 4 chapters of the book downloadable for free and they did. The best description I’ve heard of it so far is it is like Eat, Pray, Love meets The 5 Love Languages.  I have read the book four times.  Even though I’m the author, it’s really the couples in the book that tell the story.  I learned from their lessons, dined in their presence, fell in love with their countries and along the way, made my marriage better.

2. The world needs a reason to believe in love again.  Can you imagine how beautiful this world would be if we loved each other a little more?  The young kid willing to take the life of another because he sees no hope.  Can you imagine how love could give him hope?  

3. Encouraging happy and healthy marriages is a benefit to us all.  One of the quotes that has remained with me over the years is something Wade Horn said in 2004: “The United States Administration for Children and Families (ACF) spends $46 billion per year operating 65 different social programs. If one goes down the list of these programs… the need for each is either created or exacerbated by the breakup of families and marriages.”  It was a reminder that we cannot solve the issue of poverty if we don’t figure out how to keep families together.

4. I poured my heart and soul into the writing of this book.  HWC contributor, Cheri Gregory, who recently read an advance copy of the book (in 2 days!) posted this note on Facebook for me last night, “LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it on my first read! Now using highlighters and Post-Its on my 2nd.  I’ve been greatly moved by your personal reflections on your own marriage. Each time I put the book down I felt like I’d been in a sacred space.”

5. The book has the ability to touch more hearts than even the Happy Wives Club movement.  When the endorsements from this book began rolling in from people I’ve never met and had no reason whatsoever to endorse my book (people like 3x Olympic gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor, New York Times bestselling authors, Priscilla Shirer and Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, and so many more), I knew we’d created something very special.  

6. You are committed to positively changing the tone of marriage around the world.  If you are a supporter of the Happy Wives Club you are already helping to change the negative perception surrounding the union that is marriage.  So don’t only pre-order the book for yourself but for your closest friends.

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7. The pre-order special the publisher has created makes the purchase of this book a no-brainer.  Seriously.  If you pre-order the Happy Wives Club book today, you can get it on Amazon and Barnes & Noble for 25% off.  In addition, you’ll get all the things listed in the image above.  And if you’ve already pre-ordered the book, you can get these things too!

8.  Sharing this with your friends will grow the pre-orders.  The more books that are pre-ordered, the higher the likelihood this book will be found at the front of the bookstores across the country and eventually around the world.  People who never knew a lifelong and happy marriage was possible will be reassured in its existence and the never-ending power of love.

9. You will be a huge support to the Happy Wives Club movement.  I don’t know if you’ve noticed but in the close to 4 years HWC has been around, there has never been an advertisement on this site (or our Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest communities).  I’ve never done a sponsored post.  Although there is a cost associated with running such a large site, I never wanted our community to feel as though they were being sold to or spammed.  But for those of you who have always wanted to support HWC, this is a great way to do it.

10. My utter gratitude.  I remain grateful to you each and every day.  Whether you pre-order the book or not, regardless of if you share this post or not, I will continue to be thankful for you. Because you continue to encourage marriages around the globe and by doing so, you are changing it for future generations.  It has been an honor to serve you and this community and my hope is I’ll be able to continue for as long as you’ll allow.

Bonus reason: You can join my book club that will begin Monday, February 3, 2014.  We will read the book together and you’ll be able to ask me anything -no topic is off limits- through a private Facebook group I will invite you to join.

My inner sales person is still somewhere in a corner crouched down and utterly embarrassed that I just gave you 10 reasons (and a bonus one) I think you should not only pre-order and read Happy Wives Club, but to also share this post.

So here are the details for the pre-order gifts you’ll need. Go to Amazon or Barnes & Noble to pre-order the book for 25% off today.

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

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 giftanniversarywedding or engagement present.

Thank you for your kindness.  Thank you for your continued encouragement.  Thank you for being a part of this movement.

Until Monday…make it a great weekend!

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JOIN THE 1,000,000 MEMBER CHALLENGE: If you haven’t already done it, what are you waiting for? Join the club! It takes only a few seconds and, of course, is free.

Are you a blogger?  Click Here to join us for the It’s All About Love blog tour in honor of the Happy Wives Club book launch.