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

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!

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If You Pre-Order 1-4 Books:

Love Notes: a brand new eBook by Fawn Weaver
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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 1 million women in over 110 countries around the world. She’s an investor in real estate, tech sector and lifestyle brands. When she’s not writing or working, she's happily doting over her husband of twelve years, Keith (and sometimes manages to do all three simultaneously).