Today, Focus on the Family is rebroadcasting a show I did with earlier this year with Jim Daly and John Fuller (two of my favorite people to talk to in the world…) on one of my favorite subjects: How to Have a Happier Husband. You can listen here on Wednesday.
On that page you can download our fun 14 Ways to have a Happier Husband Cheat Sheet, and get a great discount on an assortment of my books about how to make that man happy.
But to give you some spot on encouragement, I want to do a give away for a little fun feedback. Tell me in the comments below what was the last thing you did to let your husband know you love him, we will randomly pick five winners to win the books featured on the Focus on the Family broadcast: 
The Husband Project and Praying God’s Word for Your Husband. Go, share, and win!
I made my husband fresh carrot/apple juice with drops of Oil of Oregano – a natural decongestant.
My husband is studying for a promotion test (firefighter department). He studies at the library for several hours when he is not working. We miss him sooo much when he is gone. I love to text him encouraging and inspirational Bible verses. He questions himself and his abilities . . . I want him to know that we believe in him and that God will always be there for and with him. He always stops what he is doing (quick break) to read the verse and ponder the scripture message. The other day I made him his favorite carrot cake just to let him know I was thinking about him in our crazy, BUSY homeschool life.
I spoke very positively about my husband to my friend (my husband was in the room). I enjoyed showing him how proud I am of him! He seemed to be appreciative of the compliment.
I bought him a piece of cake home in his favorite flavor from the bakery below my work.
My husband had one of his big toes amputated in November 2012 and recently had a skin graft put on the diabetic ulcer on the other foot. I bandaged his foot. This is hard for me to do because they used skin from a deceased person to make this graft. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of it. I don’t know that he realizes this. But, I love him and don’t want him to lose any part of this foot, too, so I do the bandaging when it needs to be done.
Have a great day!
leave a tiny “love you” note tucked in his cell phone, so that he’ll find it when he goes to use his phone!
We have a newborn, and since I stay at home and he works all day, sometimes late, I make sure I text him photos of the baby as well as our two older children throughout the day. That way he feels involved and doesn’t miss so much!
My husband travels for work during the week so I send him texts and emails at different times to surprise him and tell him I love him lots and miss him while he is gone.
I stopped him on his way out to work to tell him – making sure that the kids heard – “Thanks for taking care of our family.”
I took a photo of a sign in the store that read “I made a wish and you came true” and emailed it to him. He is out of town on business, but I got a return email and phone call shortly after!
I took a photo of a sign in the store that read “I made a wish and you came true” and emailed it to him. He is out of town on business, but I got a return email and a phone call shortly after!
I made every effort to keep our 8 month old son as quiet as possible while feeding and changing him so my husband wouldn’t be woken up early and could get enough sleep before heading off to work.
On Monday he wrote he would be working until 8:00 at night on a project-meaning a 13 hour day. I texted back askinghow I could pray for him and work.
He sent me an email, and when I responded I included 2 little hearts via the emoticons. He responded “if I knew how, I’d send you back 3 hearts.” So I said, “I’ll show you how tonight” and including kissing lips. haha. 😉
My husband is an OTR truck driver. When he comes home , this week, I will have a home-made blueberry pie waiting for him…his favorite! I am very blessed to have a hard working , fun, and wonderful husband!
Yesterday my husband came home from an overnight business trip. He was exhausted from driving most of the day. He usually loves to unpack and reorganize his stuff (I know it’s a rare and wonderful thing). He was completely exhausted so while dinner was cooking I unpacked, reorganized, and washed all of his dirty laundry. He was very thankful and appreciative.
We have 6 boys… To show my husband I love him… I don’t eat meat, normally I wont even touch it!! I knew he was having a long hard day~ So I did it.. I grabbed that big ol dead piece of meat & cooked it .. Thanks to Pinterest,.. He LOVED it
I love doing things for my husband, At first I thought it was all for his benefit. Then I began to realize that I felt so much more fulfilled as a wife knowing he was happy. The last thing I did for him was this morning…I sent him an email telling him a specific attribute that made him a great husband and thanking him for being the wonderful man he is.
I text my husband at random times during the day to tell him that I love him with most of my heart and to tell him that I am so proud of him!! (10 year brain cancer survivor had to go back to work after being on disability for 10 years.)
I mowed the lawn on a super hot day so my husband could stay inside with the AC when he got home from work. He was psyched.
My husband & I have 3 children, our middle child being 4 yrs old and born with severe brain damage. Let’s just say our little angel is nocturnal and does NOT like to sleep at night while the rest of the family …and most humans -at least in our hemisphere- are sawing logs. My husband is usually the one who takes the “night shift” with precious Ella joy so I can get some rest. A few nights ago I helped Ella through the night so my hubby could experience a rare uninterrupted night’s sleep! It was awesome to see his look of surprised refreshment and appreciation when he woke up the following morning!
My poor man works so very hard and really does not do well in the summer heat, so a few weeks ago I took over mowing the lawn. His love language is acts of service so this was huge to him.
I texted him at work this morning and told him I couldn’t have married anyone better for me than him!
He found out he is borderline diabetic and he loves snack and sweets….I researched and Googled recipes for diabetics and surprised him with a sughr free desert, he got the hugest smile, I got his hand and prayed for him….
This sounds weird, but I checked for the funeral of a friend of his, to be sure he wouldn’t miss it.
My husband travels every week so I put a love handwritten letter in his suitcase on Sunday that surprised him when he unpacked 🙂 I think it meant a lot more than a text (althogubh we still tect each other through out the day)
While we were praying together last night, I thanked God for giving me a husband that is so hard working.
I posted something on Facebook telling him how I am glad to be his wife.
Surprised him with a babysitter for our 4-month-old and took him out for lunch (BBQ – his favorite) and to the movies (World War Z – scary zombie movie, ‘nough said!).
I wrangled free tickets to a concert that’s HIS favorite kind of music…not mine!
Bought him a magazine he likes and left it on his desk
I put aside what I was doing to let him talk at the end of his work day (actually night) so he could decompress and I paid attention and did my best to focus on him.
My daughter and I cleared out Monday night and let him have the house to himself. We brought dinner home for him.( His favorite wings)
Lately I expressed to my husband that I feel guilty because all I want to do after the kids go to bed is either read or do a craft – no conversation, no sex! Instead of completely neglecting him, I gave him 30 minutes of head rubs while I read (his 2nd favorite form of touch!). We both realized that we have to stay connected somehow during our downtime. 🙂
My husband recently started a new job at our church, and whenever someone comments to me what a great job he’s doing, I make sure to tell my husband who said it, what they said, and that I told them I’m happy he’s enjoying his new job.
Our daughter was gone for the evening so I picked up the house (and sprayed it with a scent that made it smell like I had been cleaning all day :)), made his favorite meal and set it up on the back porch, his favorite place to eat.
I made my husband’s lunch before work, and sent him a quick text to tell him that I love and appreciate him.
The kids and I gave him an afternoon off. No pressure, obligations, just 5 hours to spend however he wanted.
I met him at the door when he got home from work and gave him a big kiss!
I brought him coffee in bed; gave him a quick morning back rub to help wake him up. I keep his medication sorters filled so his AM & PM meds are all ready for him.
I may have sent him a scandalous text message yesterday (wink wink)
I surprised him by finishing a “nagging task” that was hanging over our heads. He’s an “acts of service” guy so I know this spoke love to him.
I wrote him a small love note to let him know how blessed I was to have him as my husband and to be second in his love for me…..his first love being Jesus Christ! What more could a girl ask for……..thanking the Lord for the past 32+ years together and looking forward to each new day the Lord gives us!
Thank you for this opportunity to share our hearts about the man in our life…our gift from God! I love him so!
I told him that I was praying for him and his workday. His job is causing a lot of stress, and I am praying God’s Word over him.
Hubby started going to the office last week, so my project has been trying to find lunch box ideas that he will like…. that’s hard! I’m making his lunches before he wakes up so they will be ready to go when he is.
Normally my husband and I commute together. Since I’m off in the summer (I’m a teacher) I make sure that everything is ready for his on the road breakfast and his lunch is prepared. Sometimes I’ll get up early just to see him for a few minutes before he leaves for work.
Last night, my husband came home from work in a discouraged mood, because he had (yet again) been dealing with a troublesome employee. I sat and listened to him tell me about the problems he has with this person, and I offered him encouragement. Later in the evening, we took a walk with our kids and the dog, and he grabbed for my hand while we walked and thanked me for listening to him. That really felt great! 🙂
the very last thing I did was a neck rub right before we went to sleep last night and told him I loved him. I was asleep when he left this morning. 🙂
I made him his favorite meal for supper. A way to a man’s heart is sometimes through his stomach 🙂
Coffee on bedside table when he wakes up, and I let him sleep in 🙂
Left a love post it note on our bathroom mirror
My husband currently works overnights and I am currently unemployed,so I
have been doing as many “little” things for him before I go to bed each
night as possible to make sure he has everything he needs when he gets
home to have his “dinner” and time to unwind before hitting the sack and
whatever he might need ready before he goes back to work the next
night…little things that only he gets, and only I know to do because
he is my husband. That way he is reminded each morning when he gets home
that I was thinking of him that night before I went to bed, and he has
as little stress as possible getting ready for work the next evening. I
also leave him little notes on his Facebook or on his desk and sometimes
even in the fridge to let him know how much I love and appreciate him.
He can’t stand being away at night and I just do what I can to make it a
little easier on him, and doing things for him while he’s gone is it’s
own kind of therapy for me 🙂
I created an in home date night for my husband. I drove to Target and picked up the movie Skyfall on dvd for us to watch. Then I drove to a Japanese restaurant for some sushi/sashimi take out. Brought it all home and surprised him with it.
My man and I leave love notes for each other each morning on 4×4″ white ceramic tiles that we crafted into vintage trivets. Dry erase markers work great on them! Today I cleaned our garage and purged all of our donations.