N is for Nurturing
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Marriage from A to Z in 55 Words. N is for Nurturing Each Other in Marriage!
Do you see that vegetable garden there?
Looks like nobody took care of it.
It has become overrun with weeds.
The insects have raided the place and destroyed the produce.
A good vegetable garden just doesn’t grows on its own.
It needs work.
It takes care and protection.
It needs nurturing.
Just like our marriage!
A Word to the Wise
If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.―F. Burton Howard
Join me in enjoying blogs from fellow A to Zers Nabanita Dhar, Nisha Punjabi, Nibha Gupta and Nicole Pyles. Do share some blog love with them too!
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
April 16, 2014 12:30 am|
Every relationship needs that ….beautifully expressed 🙂
April 16, 2014 1:52 am|
Right on, as usual, Shilpa!
April 16, 2014 2:23 am|
Expressed with a beautiful example! Loved it! Thanks for the tag! 🙂 <3
April 16, 2014 2:26 am|
Gorgeous 🙂
April 16, 2014 2:47 am|
Shilpa, luckily when I looked in a thesaurus for synonyms of “wonderful” there was a lot from which I could choose. Because I’m sure you don’t want to hear your posts are “wonderful” all 26 times. My three favorite are “outstanding, phenomenal and sensational”. Actually, I could use a different synonym all 26 times, but not starting with each letter of the alphabet (to make your enjoyable posts!
LuAnn Braley
AJ’s Hooligans @AtoZChallenge
Back Porchervations
April 16, 2014 2:48 am|
err…make is s/b “match”
April 16, 2014 4:21 am|
If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently.–Well said. We have been married for nearly 42 years.
Over from the A to Z.
April 16, 2014 4:55 am|
Loved your analogy Shilpa. Like all good things in life, marriage doesn’t come easy, it needs whole hearted efforts.
April 16, 2014 5:41 am|
true!! every relation needs a little nurturing.. the same that was there in the beginning days of the relation 🙂
April 16, 2014 6:32 am|
Every marriage needs that nurturing from both sides. One way nurturing is not enough. It should be from both sides.
April 16, 2014 7:12 am|
That’s so true.. Without effort no relationship can survive, or at least it won’t thrive.
April 16, 2014 9:42 am|
Very well said.
April 16, 2014 10:18 am|
oh yes! I always say this – that we have worked very hard to reach the stage we have reached now in our marriage… its not always roses.. we have to deal with the thorns as well!
Very well said Shilpa! 🙂
April 16, 2014 10:27 am|
and it should be allowed to grow naturally. Artificial efforts always mutate it
PhenoMenon
April 16, 2014 10:32 am|
Wow ! This is beautiful. I love the way you’ve compared marriage to the garden. Very true, we need to de-weed and declutter the relationship and fertilise it with trust, love and respect, for it to grow 🙂
April 16, 2014 11:11 am|
I think it’s not just marriage but ever relationship that needs nurturing as only then can it grow.
April 16, 2014 11:51 am|
every relationship needs nurturing to survive.. very beautifully put..
April 16, 2014 12:42 pm|
Very important and essential ingredient of marriage!
~S(t)ri
Participant|AtoZ Challenge 2014
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April 16, 2014 1:13 pm|
Such wise words. There is no perfect marriage and no perfect spouse, when we consciously work towards a good and peaceful marriage only then it seems like a perfect life. 🙂 Wonderful message Shilpa 🙂
April 16, 2014 1:17 pm|
So true…we need to work on marriage and see that both individuals grow!
April 16, 2014 2:10 pm|
A relationship dies a slow death if not nurtured periodically. Marriages are made in heaven but nurtured on Earth by the respective spouses 🙂 Lovely post.
April 16, 2014 2:26 pm|
Another important aspect of marriage. One should not take things for granted.
April 16, 2014 2:53 pm|
Story of every relationship- the more you nurture more sweet its fruit will be…
April 16, 2014 3:10 pm|
the biggest mistake we do in our marriages is take our spouse for granted!
April 16, 2014 3:28 pm|
We often forget that we should nurture our relationships, not our egos!
April 16, 2014 4:40 pm|
such an important thing told in such a simple language!! loved it!!
April 16, 2014 5:38 pm|
Yes, absolutely. A very important point made in today’s post. Thanks!
April 16, 2014 6:00 pm|
Very true…for a loving relationship to last you must nurture it along the way. You are really rocking the A-Z! ♥
April 16, 2014 8:57 pm|
So beautifully put across. Shilpa and nurturing is something that one should cultivate with care. The post brings so much positive and rejuvenated energy.
Cheerz
April 16, 2014 9:45 pm|
So true… nurture what you love and it will grow so beautifully… Wonderful words, Shilpa:-)
April 16, 2014 9:55 pm|
So true Shilpa !
Thanks for the reminder 🙁
April 17, 2014 8:11 am|
At the end of this challenge, I’m guessing we’ll both have quite a few words similar to each other!
April 17, 2014 10:39 am|
For any relationship to survive yes nurturing is important. Loved your addons to the 55er.
April 17, 2014 11:55 am|
So true, Shilpa. Just saw something similar on Danny’s post today.
A relationship can thrive only if we nurture it 🙂
April 17, 2014 3:02 pm|
Nice words from Kathy Keustess. Respect is the key. When that’s gone, all is lost for respect is not a right it is earned.
April 17, 2014 6:19 pm|
True,any marriage needs nurturing.My point is that initiative must come from both the partners
April 18, 2014 1:54 am|
I loved this 55er!! Again such wise words!
April 22, 2014 3:32 pm|
Wise words in such a precise manner…amazing! 🙂
April 24, 2014 10:40 pm|
True.. Nothing survives if not nurtured.
April 15, 2016 3:18 pm|
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