Close-up of orange and white chrysanthemum flowers with detailed petals.

Stage Five

…celibacy

A page with text from a book or article describing a person's peaceful, happy life living in a beautiful place and reflecting on gratitude and love.
A woman sitting on a bed near a window in a bright, simple bedroom.
A close-up portrait of a woman with short reddish-blonde hair and blue eyes, smiling softly, wearing a blue top. The background is white with text Overlay that says 'Rosie Makinney' in cursive and 'FIGHT FOR LOVE' in bold letters.
Celibacy As a Tool In Recovery
Celibacy As a Tool In Recovery
Quote: "Sleep is the investment for the energy you need tomorrow" with decorative quotation marks and minimal design.
A close-up of unmade white bed pillows and sheets, with an open book placed on the bed, and a wooden tray holding a pear, an orange, and a plate in soft natural light.

The next 90 days would be a great time to take up reading some good, wholesome, uplifting fiction. That’s the only rule: no fiction books with dark or intense themes, and no self-help books, at bedtime. As you and your husband turn in each night, in separate beds, you will pick up either your Bible, your physical or printed PDF “Unmade Love Journal”…

…or a comforting, mindless fiction read!

Trust me. Your brain needs the vacation that is great fiction.

Ask your friends. Take a social media crowd-poll. What are the fiction books that have nourished the imaginations of the people you know?

A painting of a couple standing on a farm fence, with a rainbow in a cloudy sky and a rural town in the background.

N.C. Wyeth, Lift Up Your Hearts,  1943

A page of text from a poem titled 'Enchanted April' by Elizabeth von Arnim, describing April's beauty in Italy and her surroundings.
Book cover titled 'Book Girl' by Sarah Clarkson. Illustration of a red armchair with a beige pillow, surrounded by stacks of books, against a background of bookshelves.

Perhaps let Sarah Clarkson be your guide?

Inspirational quote about waiting, blessing, and fulfillment by Dietrich Bonhoeffer from 'God is in the Manger'

On To Stage Six

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