Sleep on it...
Ah the bedroom
A place to rest. Replenish energy
And of course, connect with your other half
Look, we are married, so oftentimes we will refer to the significant relationship in anyone’s life as their marital one
But we don’t do it to invalidate anyone else’s experience
Rather, we do it because everything we talk about in Clarke & Carrie’s Place, has been learned by us firsthand
We have to speak our own truths, just as surely as you must speak yours
We are two people who historically aren’t great at relationships
We’ve both been less than ideal partners in the past
And we‘ve experienced some pretty steep learning curves together, too.
We‘ve often heard it said that marriage is a lot of hard work
However, like so many of our most important life lessons
It feels more authentic for us to say:
Marriage is a lot of practice.
We practice:
• honesty • intimacy
•trust
•respect
•love
And many more skills that we will get to, all in good time
Our marriage is honestly our greatest achievement
We are really good at being married to each other. And a great husband / wife in general
We take pride in this, because none of it came naturally
We learned what not to do. And who we didn’t want to be
And, through patience, mutual support and a lot of rehearsal
We evolved into the kind of unity we didn’t even know existed
And still we continue to grow together
We will never be done making This marriage better
A lot of it actually comes from spending time in our C&C garden
So if you haven‘t had a wander round there yet, please make sure it’s somewhere you visit soon
But a lot of the aspects of what makes our collective mental well-being so strong, we will be sharing in here
If you are dating, or single right now, this is still the place for you. so worry not
Life to us is one big circle of experiences
We guarantee we’ve been where you are, at several points in our own lives
So you won’t ever feel excluded
We will also be discussing sleep, as it’s something that is inseparable with mental health, in all its facets
We look forward to seeing you here again soon,
C&C x