Has the romance gone out of your marriage? During your next marriage staff meeting – a time when just the two of you are sitting down for quiet conversation – make a plan for how to rev up your relationship.

Has the romance gone out of your marriage? During your next marriage staff meeting – a time when just the two of you are sitting down for quiet conversation – make a plan for how to rev up your relationship. Try one or more of these:

• Write the story of how you met.
• List your spouse's best qualities in alphabetical order.
• Tour a museum or an art gallery.
• Notice the little changes your spouse makes in his/her appearance.
• Float on a raft together.
• Take a stroll around the block - and hold hands as you walk.
• Stock the cupboards with food your spouse loves to eat.
• Give your spouse a back rub.
• Rent a classic love-story video and watch it while cuddling.
• Build a fire in the fireplace; turn out the lights and talk.
• Take a horse-drawn carriage ride.
• Go swimming at night.
• Write a poem for your spouse.
• Stop in the middle of your busy day and talk to your spouse for 15 minutes.
• Create your own special holiday.
• Watch the sunset together.
• Picnic by a pond.
• Serve breakfast in bed.
• Brush his/her hair.
• Reminisce about your first date.
• Plant a tree together in honor of your marriage.

Changing up the routine, doing something new and prioritizing romance will refresh any relationship. So get busy. Your relationship needs you!