http://jeubfamily.com/2006/01/28/how-do-the-parents-find-any-time-for-themselves/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://jeubfamily.com/2006/01/28/how-do-the-parents-find-any-time-for-themselves/#comment-3846 Kristi Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:45:30 +0000 http://jeubfamily.com/2006/01/28/how-do-the-parents-find-any-time-for-themselves/#comment-3846 Rather than ask "How does one FIND time for themselves?" say "How does one MAKE time for themselves?" Anyone, no matter how many kids one has will find their time filled. I have friends who don't have kids who have "no spare time". One's time is spent where one priorities are put. My number one priority is my marriage. We place a priority on time alone on a regular basis. If we don't schedule it in, it won't happen. We tell our kids that our regular "dates" are what keep us loving each other, which they want of course, so they don't complain that we take time for each other. Our dates don't have to cost money either. Sometimes it's as simple as going out for a walk alone, or going for a drive. It doesn't have to be complicated, just focused on each other. Rather than ask “How does one FIND time for themselves?” say “How does one MAKE time for themselves?” Anyone, no matter how many kids one has will find their time filled. I have friends who don’t have kids who have “no spare time”. One’s time is spent where one priorities are put. My number one priority is my marriage. We place a priority on time alone on a regular basis. If we don’t schedule it in, it won’t happen. We tell our kids that our regular “dates” are what keep us loving each other, which they want of course, so they don’t complain that we take time for each other. Our dates don’t have to cost money either. Sometimes it’s as simple as going out for a walk alone, or going for a drive. It doesn’t have to be complicated, just focused on each other.

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