What are some easy ways I can show appreciation?
Appreciation is so important to your marriage, and it’s easy to do. It’s just being a little more generous with your praise. Affection is looking for what is good versus what is bad. Give your partner a couple of compliments a day: “Wow, you look great! I am so lucky I married you. Thank you for sweeping the floor, it looks great.” It almost doesn’t matter what you focus on with your affection. It’s the recognition that you are appreciating and seeing how important your partner is to the mainstay and the growth of your relationship, and in your life. One fun thing to do is create an appreciation day once a week, where you really focus on appreciation. It might be couple appreciation day, parenting appreciation day, partner appreciation day, self appreciation day; where both of you just celebrate and appreciate that. It’s great to do in a marriage, and it’s fun and feels good. You’re going to feel so much better when you focus your attention on what you’re grateful for.
