Fifty Ways To Love Your Partner

I found this in my Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul and this wonderful story is written by Mark & Chrissy Donnelly. When I read it I KNEW it was the checklist I needed in my life....check it our for yourself. I am putting the ones We've done in BOLD, and ya know MOST I learned during this deployment.


1. Love yourself first.
2. Start each day with a hug.
3. Serve breakfast in bed.
4. Say "I love you" every time you part ways.
5. Compliment freely and often.
6. Appreciate - and celebrate - your differences.
7. Live each day as if it's your last.
8. Write unexpected love letters.
9. Plant a seed together and nuture it to maturity.
10 Go on a date once every week.
11 Send flowers for no reason. (to him I sent BOXES)
12 Accept and love each others' family and friends.
13 Make little signs that say "I love you" and post them all over the house.
14 Stop and smell the roses.
15 Kiss unexpectedly. (learned this one our 96 hours together)
16 Seek out beautiful sunsets together.
17 Apologize sincerely.
18 Be forgiving.
19 Remember the day you fell in love -- and recreate it. (didn't recreate it but we talked about it TOGETHER)
20 Hold hands. (learned this one on our 96 hours together too)
21 Say "I love you" with your eyes.
22 Let her cry in your arms. (he's done this forever)
23 Tell him you understand.
24 Drink toasts of love and contentment.
25 Do something arousing.
26 Let her give you directions when you're lost.
27 Laugh at his jokes.
28 Appreciate her inner beauty.
29 Do the other person's chores for a day. (months I've done his chores LOL)
30 Encourage wonderful dreams.
31 Committ a public display of affection. (again learned this on our 96 hours together)
32 Give loving massages with no strings attached.
33 Start a love journal and record your special moments. (this is it)
34 Calm each other's fears.
35 Walk barefoot on the beach together.
36 As her to marry you again.
37 Say yes.
38 Respect each other.
39 Be your partner's biggest fan.
40 Give the love your partner wants to receive.
41 Give the love you want to receive.
42 Show interest in the other's work.
43 Work on a project together. (we have 4 kids...thats A LOT of projects LOL)
44 Build a fort with blankets.
45 Swing as high as you can on a swing set by moonlight.
46 Have a picnic indoors on a rainy day.
47 Never go to bed mad.
48 Put your partner first in your prayers.
49 Kiss each other goodnight.
50 Sleep like spoons.

So guess I should have made the ones I NEED to do bold LOL. Oh, well if I didn't know we LOVED each other before this list, I do know. He is my hero, and my best friend. I can't wait to FINISH this list when he gets home. Thank you baby for being my lover, and my friend...be safe where you are today, and I'll hold down the home front till you get here.