If you have been paying attention – we skipped Five Fridays #4! That’s because our last installment actually contained two ideas (taking a “conversation walk,” and making a “summer bucket list”) and because we (meaning Brian) got busy doing other things and actually forgot about installment #4!
Here is the Five Fridays challenge #5:
Look ahead in your calendar and find a time when you can plan an overnight getaway – for just the two of you.
You can make it part of an anniversary or birthday celebration – or you can plan it “just because” your marriage deserves it!
You can make it fancy – at a swank downtown hotel; or you can make it a camping get-away; whatever floats your boat or fits your budget!
The point is to get away from the routines of daily life in order to focus on each other. Over the years we have found that we enjoy planning a dinner out, followed by either a show (if something good is playing in Chicago) or a movie, followed by an overnight stay in a nice hotel (nicer than the “Motel 6” we usually stay in when we travel to our boy’s sports tournaments!). We have found that when we commit to taking a 24 hour break from life to be together – it does wonders to refresh our relationship and bring us closer as a couple.
So – plan a time to sit down and plan your own personal “marriage retreat”!
Brian and Lorene Coffey
