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What 3-5 things would you say make your relationship work?

Our ability to be honest with each other and to be forthright about our feelings and know they will be respected.

Identifying each other as best friends and treating each other as such.

Just “knowing” that we love each other.

The fact that it is understood that we have each other’s back.

Getting away from the chaos once in a while (weekend getaways) and just appreciating each other.

Laughter!!!

What rituals do you engage in which support your lives together?

Morning showers together – this enables us to discuss our schedules, determine if we need to do anything for each other during the day and to just laugh
Pillow talk – this provides us with an opportunity to discuss how our day was and if anything negative occurred, to get reassurance that it will all work out

Evening telephone conversation – if either or both of our schedules result in a late night, the first one home will call the one that is still out to check in and make sure everything is okay

When making decisions, call each other to get his/her feelings about it, advice and feedback

Go out together to plays, movies, dancing or take a drive around the city and just enjoy each other

Please describe the turning points that took your relationship to a deeper level.

Our wedding of course!

We lost all of our remaining parents (husband’s mother and wife’s mother and father) within ten months. This required a tremendous amount of faith, strength, love and patience from the both of us. It is a constant struggle, but we continue to pull each other through.

What do you value most about one another?

What we value most about each other is the way we love each other and the way we make each other feel – there is absolutely nothing else on this earth that is more important than each other and what we have.

How do you show appreciation for one another?

Serving breakfast in bed to my wife and taking her to dinner instead of having her cook.

Treating my husband to a full body massage and making love to him.

Simply telling each other.

How do you support your partner’s goals and dreams?

By discussing and visualizing them and creating an execution plan, but more important, allowing him/her to dream and sharing in the belief that its all possible.