Do You Want Your Marriage To Work?

The Key Ingredient To A Harmonious Marriage — By A Newlywed

By Grace K. Bianco

I had to be put in my place to see how wrong my perspective had been for the majority of our new marriage.

Listen, I’ll be honest… I don’t know squat. I am making a claim based off of just one year of marriage (+ANY marriage book I could get my hands on), but I am still convinced it is a full proof plan to a lasting and peaceful marriage. Whether you are married or not, you can start “cooking” with this key ingredient TODAY. It’s is never too late nor early to start.

I know there’s that meme going around that is something like, “A 22 year old Christian girl married for two months: ‘Marriage is hard. Some days, I just want to give up. A lot of the time I HATE my husband.’” To avoid sounding like that meme, I want to make it clear that I love my husband in a way that’s indescribable. My husband is a great man, and I am beyond blessed to be his wife. This post is more of a reflection on me than on him.

I won’t lie though. Our first year of marriage really did have its challenges. We dealt with long distance, grieving a loved one, mental side effects due to medication, an accident, etc. You can read all about in, “Things That Happened In My First Year Of Marriage: Let’s…