Delicate and Hand-Picked Love - Take Walks with your Spouse to Spruce Connection

Since the quarantine quarter has flipped upon “stay at home” heads, my husband and I have been on many “walk-abouts” throughout the Outback of Houma and Thibodaux. .

We’ve walked, trekked, and hiked throughout trails of Godly love. We have bonded under Live Oak glimmer leaves and white-bloom Magnolia trees. We’ve chatted while Mocking birds added to the tea delight conversation. Woodpeckers clanked as souls planked o’er streets of deep heart beats.

If you want to reconnect with your spouse, take an engaging walk. Make sure to leave all distractions behind, especially your phone. Place all pettiness at home, and find your home in your soulmate’s heart-emblem eyes once again. .

Want to Spruce up your kinship to the hearts? Put on some comfortable clothes and stable tennis shoes and stabilize the marriage banks. Stroll under Blue Spruces and watch your husband pick a delicate love note. .

The effect of walking reciprocates joyful tendencies. .

Pace yourself under the canopies of kaleidoscope sun spots. Immerse yourself in God’s joyous presence. Plunge into your husband’s or wife’s mind. Then, happiness will plume.

Joy came yesterday as we walked the path behind our apartments. My husband strayed to the side of the road. He picked a lavender buttercup. He gently handed it to me as a delicate token of his love for me. .

I urge you to take “walk-abouts” with your loved ones, especially during this time. You’ll find a new-found “delicate and hand-picked love”.

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