Let’s Look: How we work on our marriage

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 Hello,

I’m joining the party again this month, a big thank you to Shay from Mix and Match Mama and Erika fromA Little Bit of Everything for setting this up and inviting us to share as well! 🥰



Grant and I are in a season of life that usually has our two little guys along for the ride. That means that we don’t have regular dinner dates or weekends away, but we find time that works in our schedule and season. 💛

1. Wednesday and Thursday Work Commute



We are a one car family as we live in a city where parking isn’t always the easiest and we love the fact that it reduces our carbon impact and has the added bonus of allowing us to spend more time together. Grant takes public transportation to work Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, but on Wednesday and Thursday he works from a different location that doesn’t have an obvious route so I drive him between the kids drop off and heading over to the zoo. This time together is just us, we’re not on our phones, there’s no distractions other than paying attention to the road, and it’s just really nice for us. We can talk about anything and it feels a lot like the first six years of our marriage when we commuted together nearly every day. 

2. Friday lunch walk

On Fridays Grant can sometimes work from home and so on those days we try to take his lunch break to take a walk together or eat lunch together. We haven’t been able to this calendar year because our schedule has been a bit busy, but this Friday we have our first one of the year and I can’t wait!!! 🥰🥰🥰

3. Doing little things for each other

Grant and I both have “quality time” as our top love language, but acts of service seems to be high up as well so we try to make a point to do something small for each other every day. I might make him a fancy coffee drink before he heads to the bus one day or he might alleviate my anxiety and beep the car for the hundredth time that night. The idea is something small each day.

That’s all for us for now. We absolutely love the season we are in for family vacations and snuggle time in the evenings, but we do try to make a point to spend some time together just talking without significant distraction regularly and communicate with each other if we’re feeling overwhelmed. This year is 13 years married and 17 years together and I’m so grateful to do life with my wonderful spouse! 

💛 Jess

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