Marriage Tips

How do you keep your marriage alive and active? What a better time than Valentine's Day to work on making your relationships that much better. Here are a few tips:

Here are some starters:

• Flirt. The dictionary says to flirt is "to behave in a playful and alluring way." You don't need a sandy beach or a fancy restaurant to flirt. Just make sure you're flirting with the right person! Do you still "light up" when your marriage partner walks into the room? Do you still hold hands and say tender words of affection on a daily basis?

• Laugh — together and often. A longtime union provides an invaluable archive of inside jokes, the "you-had-to-be-there" kind no one else in the world would understand. It's hard to overestimate the value of mirth in giving us the ability to not only sustain, but to enjoy, our marriage.

• Make room for commonplace adventure. Hurrah for the grand journeys — that amazing tour of London, or the time Don and I sat side-by-side near the Sea of Galilee, tearfully rereading the words of Jesus in the place where he first spoke them

Above all, if you think your relationship needs help, dont wait until it is too late to make an appointment.