by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 13, 2018 | Dating, Wedding RING
The day we get married we make some promises to our spouses, in the form of our wedding vows. We promise that through a myriad of circumstances we will love them through it all and ultimately never leave them. If the studies are true, only about 50% of us keep those...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Apr 24, 2017 | Dating, DiscoveRING
A couple years ago, my wife Stephana and I were at a marriage retreat. We were asked to participate in an exercise where we rated the state of our marriage. If memory serves me correctly it was based on a scale of one to ten. A ranking of one meant our marriage...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Mar 16, 2017 | Dating, DiscoveRING
My wife and I were just talking the other day after a few days of hard rain how our grass had just shot up. It seemed like I just mowed it, but a few days later it looked longer than before I cut it. Our grass has been thriving this summer. We were thinking back to...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 15, 2016 | Dating, DiscoveRING
My wife and I have had the opportunity to travel more in the past few years than we have over the previous twelve years of our marriage. Blogging, speaking, and writing my book, The 7 Rings of Marriage, has opened up some amazing doors and opportunities to do things...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jun 23, 2016 | Dating, ProspeRING
There is a lesson in everything! A few weeks ago my wife and I joined some of our friends for a “fun” outing. This “fun” outing was riding tandem bikes at our downtown canal. All I have to say is if you are considering marriage, go tandem bike...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jan 18, 2016 | Dating, Wedding RING
Typically when we are in public or are around other people I don’t refer to my wife as Stephana, which is of course her name. She has a very unique name and people mispronounce it all the time. She rarely corrects them, so I do. You might think it helps the...