Habits for Your Happily Ever After

Love’s Double Helix: How Differences Strengthen Relationships


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How do two people go from meeting in a Dairy Queen as teenagers, to cultivating a connection so deep that their marriage can withstand a major life change?

Today we get to hear from my niece and nephew, Chris and Megan Tidd. They are childhood sweethearts, and they’ve been together 23  years. During those years, they’ve raised two wonderful children and, in addition to careers as engineer and teacher, they’ve both gotten graduate degrees. You’ll hear how they:

  • Pay attention to their monthly “anniversor” to remind them of the commitment they made to each other
  • You’ll hear how they deal with the *opposites attract* element in their relationship to form a helix of interconnection
  • And why acknowledging the Hole Megan was feeling in her heart is crucial to furthering that connection

Habit for Your Happily Ever After

For this week’s habit for your happily ever after, I’m wondering if you have a desire to mark your “anniversor?” If you had a monthly rhythm to acknowledge your vows of commitment, what would it be?

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