Maintaining and growing relationships is hard work.
Nowhere is that more evident than for marriages.
Friends come and go, children move away, but marriages, well, those are supposed to be forever.
Sometimes the years and circumstances can take their toll on those holiest of bonds.
However, the bumps that you hit—and you will hit bumps—should be temporary and not wreck the relationship forever.
In order for the relationship to endure and move into Happily Ever After territory, you need resources.
Just as you freshen up your home and do occasional major work to keep it in tip-top shape, your marriage needs care and attention as well.
It might be doing something as small as hanging out with other happily married couples, choosing friends who adore their husbands, or asking a long and happily married woman to be your mentor.
For the relationship that has not been regularly maintained, though, you might want something more intensive, such as a marriage weekend, or even counseling.
To that end, I have resources to help you take your marriage from good to great!
Rescuing Your Marriage: Resources. While I initially directed this post to folks whose relationships were in deep difficulty, many of the resources are applicable even if you are taking your marriage from good to great.
The Best Marriage Advice You’ve Ever Received. I am writing at Happy Wives Club this week as part of a series on the best marriage advice we ever got. I picked mine up at the country fair. Who knew you could find great marriage advice at the horse pulls? 
Be sure to read the rest of the series, as the variety and information is terrific!
Marriage advice I wish I would have had. These sad and wise words were written by a young man the week his divorce was finalized. It is a cautionary tale told in that perfect vision of hindsight in the hopes of helping others avoid his fate.
Question: If you could go back in time, what advice would you give to yourself as a newlywed?
On Saturdays, I share refreshment and insight for your life.
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Wow that was powerful what that young man wrote after his divorce! I’m off to check out the other links. GREAT post!!
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I loved it, too, Nan. So much wisdom packed into that piece. I only hope that others take heed of his words and act upon them! Thanks so much for stopping by.
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Wow, these are all great. Just thinking about the wisdom in the last one. Now how do you get your husband to read it?
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Glad you liked them, Seana. I’ll very often just tell my hubbie I’ve read something really compelling, and ask if he’d like to hear it. Most of the time he says yes.
I am very blessed!
One thing that came to mind about the last one: In hindsight we can all be so very wise. We have to be in the right place to both hear and act on good advice, though. You probably run into that helping folks organize. Just because you have terrific ideas that will help ease stress and clutter doesn’t mean they’ll act on it. It has to be more pleasurable to change than more painful to stay where we are.