10-26-2010 – An OK day, with doubts and apprehension. I was off work today, wife and I spent the day on the couch watching TV and relaxing. It was nice being close to her, but I could tell that I was annoying her from time-to-time with questions...

10-22-2010 – Day 1 – starting again, kind of. After much thinking and praying I have decided to start again, kind of, I have picked up.....well, actually it was a gift from Laura back in August, the Love Dare Day-by-Day devotional. I will...

10-27-2010 The whirlwind of emotions has again caught up with me. Laura and I had a fight Monday night, yes after everything that transpired Saturday, and it has set us back, way back again. We have spoken this week and have gone everywhere from everything...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 10-13-2010 Day 38/Part 2 – Love Fulfills Dreams The last couple of days have been OK. Saturday I felt like I had Laura’s honest opinion and feeling towards our relationship. She was flirty...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 10-09-2010 Part 2 – What an Amazing, Confusing couple of days! After my last post a couple of you posted that I had better not give up. Sean – you had some great points and that was obvious...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 10-04-2010Part 2 – Done, I have no idea what to do next Laura hates me, she is not close to me, she says she doesn’t feel close to me, she has forgiven me and opened herself to me so many...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 10-01-2010 Day 37/Part 2 – Love agrees in prayer I find myself sitting here on the verge of divorce again. We had a massive blow up this morning and we both mentioned divorce and giving up. Maybe...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 09-25-2010 Day 36/Part 2 – Love is God’s Word Today asked me to commit to reading the bible every day. I have chosen a devotional called “Becoming a Man of the Word” by Bob...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 09-22-2010 Day 35/Part 2 – Love is Accountable I have the same problem with this dare as I did in Part 1. There just aren’t any good, stable marriages in our lives that we see anymore....

09-21-2010 Day 34/Part 2 – Love Celebrates Godliness We watched church this morning together; the message was great, about honesty and lying. It asked some tough questions and asked us to grade ourselves. After church I asked my wife how her grading...

09-18-2010 – Day 33/Part 2 – Love Completes Each Other Today asked me to tell, remind Laura that I seek her counsel, her opinions matter and I need her input with my decisions. This has not really been an issue. When we were having major problems...

09-16/17-2010 Day 32/Part 2 – Love Meets Sexual Needs I came home from training Thursday evening and spent a nice evening on the couch, watching some TV, talking and catching up with Laura, nothing major or heavy. We flirted a little bit but she...

09-15-2010 – Day 31/Part 2 – Love and Marriage Looking back on part 1, I realize that I may have not understood this dare, this question. Re-reading this day over and over I am still not sure how to answer this question. I think my only ‘major...

09-14-2010 Day 30/Part 2 – Love Brings Unity I left for training Monday night. My mood wasn’t that good. Laura had touched my knee and spoken with me a few times during the day but I was unsure of how I felt. She gave me a great hug and kiss...

Day 29/Part 2 – Love’s Motivation I came back from my week away hunting with so much promise, good feeling and optimism and now, on the verge of leaving again for a 3 day (mandatory) training, I am feeling depressed and lonely and unloved...

09-02-2010 Day 28/Part 2 – Love Makes Sacrifices My wife’s greatest need right now is to de-stress and have her life be happy again. She tells me that she is stressed when we are together, see previous post, and that she feels her life would...

09-01-2010 – Day 27/Part 2 – Love Encourages The roller coaster goes up…….and then comes down really quickly. A friend told me that he often puts his foot right in his mouth and hurts what he has said to his wife and this is...

08-31-2010 – Day 26/Part 2 – Love is Responsible Well I prayed and it took me almost all day until I talked to Laura about this. We were on our way home from a kiddie ER visit and I was asking questions about our relationship and how close...

08-29-2010 – Day 25/Part 2 – Love Forgives I was at a baseball game yesterday. I was with a buddy and Laura stayed home. These tickets were purchased a long time before we had our problems, so even though I had fun, I wish I wasn’t away...

08-28-2010 – Day 24/Part2 – Love vs. Lust Home from work this morning and sensing some awkwardness with interactions with Laura. She got up, talked a bit, did her computer stuff and headed out to take the oldest shopping. I stayed home with...

08-27-2010 – Day 23/Part 2 – Love Always Protects I had a good couple of days off with my wife. We still have her father staying with us so there is some tension/stress at home. We watched a family movie last night, it was nice. At times I...

08-26-2010 – Day 22/Part 2 – Love is Faithful There are time when I feel the love is still one sided. There are times when I feel Laura and I still have issues that have not been addressed. I think I say ‘sorry’ and apologize more...

08-24-2010 – Day 21/Part 2 – Love is Satisfied in God Back to work today. Kinda sad but Laura did ask me to take a comp day but then said I should save that until we really have something to do. It was nice that she wanted me home/around though...

08-23-2010 – Day 20/Part 2 – Love is Jesus Christ So apparently I was a complete a$$ yesterday. I misread the entire the day. Laura and I sat down this morning and had a good talk. We were heading out to martial arts class today and I wanted...

08-22-2010 – Day 19/Part2 – Love is Impossible I looked back over all my dares and see how far I have come. I am closer to God and really understand the power of prayer this time. I also understand the power/downfall of complacency and not...