Make Your Mate Your Top Priority

"Do you habitually say hello or good-bye to your mate as one of you enters or exits the home? It's the least you can do to acknowledge that your mate's presence means something to you. A simple hello says, 'I'm happy to see you. I'm here for you.' A sincere good-bye says, 'I know you're going out into the world now, & I care that you're leaving. I'll miss you.' Make your mate your top priority." --Marriage Missions International

 Something I want to touch on with this is something I've learned recently. If you and your spouse have traditions within the marriage - say you watch a particular TV show together each week, or other activities, date night even... and one of you doesn't show up or makes other things you are doing more of a priority, it can feel like you're not caring about your spouse, it can feel like you don't care about those moments together with your spouse, that they aren't important - when traditions in marriage are part of the glue that holds marriage together, that makes marriage work, that makes marriage a happy place to be.  

If your spouse is counting on you for something that has become ritual in your marriage, do it without fail and don't be late, unless you both mutually agree on changing things up. Those moments fill up the love tanks for the both of you, those moments speak volumes of positive reinforcement of how important both of you are to each other, that you want to be with each other, that it is important to take time out of our busy lives and focus on the love of your life.