What Advice Do You Wish You'd Known BEFORE You Got Married?

I know I've all but disappeared from my blog. I can't blame you dear bloggy friends for looking for greener pastures.

I want to share with you WHY I've been silent here at Marsha's Musings. I've actually been doing a lot of musing. I'm working on writing a book! My fingers have been burning up the keyboard on this laptop of mine.

Next week I'll be going to Proverbs 31 Ministries She Speaks Conference in Charlotte, NC. While there, I'll be learning how to improve my writing skills, become a better communicator and meet with 2 book publishers.

I've been writing through the eyes of a mentor, counselor, woman who desperately needed some advice BEFORE I got married. Now it's your turn. What advice do you wish you'd known before you got married? Please leave a comment or send an email to marshasmusings@gmail.com.

Here's a brief description of my proposed book, better known as my 30 second Elevator Pitch. LOL

The path to oneness is strewn with dirty dishes, hectic schedules, and bad advice. “Advice I Wish I’d Known BEFORE I Got Married” is for women who are struggling to navigate the rocky path to oneness with their husbands. Using the acronym TIPS, women receive practical, bite-sized advice in how to take the stumbling blocks in their marriages and transform them into stepping stones towards a grace filled home.

"What does TIPS stand for?"

I'm so glad you asked!

Each bite sized chapter (2,000 words or under, more like reading a magazine article) will include:

Transforming the Rock (naming what rock on the path we're stumbling over and allowing God to chisel it into something useful)

Inspirational Women Walking the Path (testimonies of women who have been there, done that, got the t-shirt)

Practical Advice (Practice! Practice! Practice!)   (putting a plan into action)

Simply Grace   (Extending grace to your spouse as God has extended it to you. Short, one page for further study on your own, with a group or mentor)

Tentatively, I see the book having 6 sections. The chapters will fall under one of these:

Faith

Family

Filters

Finances

Frustrations & Failures

Physical

SO, what do you think? I'd love to hear your feed back.
ALSO, I'll be looking for women willing to take a short marriage survey. Leave a comment or email me at marshasmusings@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.

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What Advice Do You Wish You'd Known BEFORE You Got Married?