Do more than sleep in bed

We don't talk about it, but it happens just about every night.  While sleeping, we touch.  I realize this is a pretty profound statement, somewhat revolutionary, and nothing short of shocking - but as married adults we  make physical contact in bed...

Years ago, I don't remember the source, who found it, or much of anything else, but one of us found an article about a study which discoverd that couples who maintained physical contact throughout the night had better marriages.  It wasn't about sex, it was just about one point of contact between two people.

We both read the article, commented that it was interesting, and that was it.  However, ever since, without ever talking about it, throughout the night we have sought to make contact.  Sometimes it is shifting over six inches, sometimes it is a finger tip, other times it is a leg slid over until a toe touches the one we are married to - but as the result of reading a brief article we found something which changed our patterns.

I could write about how contact keeps closeness, clarifies feelings, encourages reconciliation, etc... but this really isn't about maintaining contact at night - it is about continually seeking and appropriately applying helpful marriage advice.

If you want a better marriage, keep your eyes and ears open for tips and tricks.  Read blogs (good job, you are on your way already:-), read articles, talk to friends, listen to what your spouse found in a book, take a class, go on a retreat....this is what people with improving marriages do.  At our church, when anything to strengthen marriages is offered, we can always expect to find some of the couples with the best marriages there - because they know you can always have a better marriage.

And you can have a better marriage - learn from every source you can...
           For example: http://www.laughyourway.com/better-marriage-minute/