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MARRIAGE AFTER A BABY

When I was pregnant, me and my husband would sit down at the end of the day and think about what our lives with the baby will be like. What our lives could be like few months and years down the line. No doubt our lives, priorities and schedules changed once we had our daughter.  I heard and read all the stories of couples commenting how their relationship was "never the same" once they had a child. That their professional life withers and  social life vanishes as does their freedom.  I can honestly say from my experience even though A LOT of things are not the same (including marriage) as we have new roles besides husband and wife, I genuinely believe our relationship with our spouse CAN be better and healthier than it ever was. Change does not have to be negative.  When we were preparing for the baby's arrival, me and my husband talked about having realistic expectations as a couple. We made a decision that our marriage cannot take a backseat or no longer be made a prior

BOOK RECCOMENDATIONS : TD JAKES

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New year, month and new list of books for me to go through! I always love digging into a new book at the start of a new month, and I have a couple of good ones to share!  The books I'm sharing with you today are both from Bishop TD Jakes (If you do not know who he is please search his teachings on YouTube, he is a gifted speaker as well as writer who will leave you with gold pieces of wisdom and make you reflect on your life!) Maximize the moment by TD Jakes  If like me, you have a habit of getting stuck in the past not being able to focus on the present then you will be blessed with the contents of this book. In every chapter there is something given for the reader to reflect on and gives wisdom of how to get unstuck from the past in order to make the most of the present. I finished reading this in two days as I could resonate with just about every page in this book. The enemy has came to kill and destroy and one thing he can do to achieve this is using our past against us (whethe