Our Annual Honeymoon
Mark and I knew that part of our dating timeline needed to include taking trips and a vacation together to see what that looked like for each of us.
We both had the opportunity to shed parts of what we had become through compromise over the years and show up as our true selves with how we wanted it to be for us.
It was so amazing to feel and know we wanted to experience adventures with relaxation so similarly. We knew traveling is another way we were a really good match and that was extremely important for both of us.
After we got married we blended nine children. Part of our promises to each other was that we would take a vacation alone each year. Our kids have officially named it “another honeymoon.” 
We have very involved kids and cheering them on is another one of our favorite alignments we value and enjoy doing together. We have now added two daughter-in-laws and a grandbaby so sneaking away from our busy lives is never very convenient. Yet we cherish our time alone too and I love that it is also priority.
I love that Mark gets emotional,with gratitude for us often. It happens especially when we travel because he feels like this is exactly how it should be. When we were dating he would often tell me, “You are like coming home” because we are what he hoped it could ever be. Today when he says it he adds that he loves that he gets to be here in this life now. I also feel the same way. I love as we are heading home he’s ready to plan the next one.
There are so many layers to blending and managing so many schedules. And yet I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else. Because we both lived like single parents married, we are so productive. We make a great team! I feel like I will always be the lucky one.
What have you done in your marriage to keep connection with your partner that is separate to the kids?
