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with a good breakfast.

She cooks dinner about three days a week.
She buys the groceries.

She helps the children with their homework.
She transports the children to school and church
activities.
She teaches first grade Sunday school.

She takes my clothes to the cleaners.

She does the washing and some ironing.

I suggested that they add to the lists things they
noticed in the weeks ahead. I also suggested that twice a
week, they select one positive trait and express verbal
appreciation for it to the spouse. I gave one further
guideline. I told Betty Jo that if Bill happened to give her a
compliment, she was not to give him a compliment at the
same time but rather, she should simply receive it and say,
“Thank you for saying that.” I told Bill the same thing. I
encouraged them to do that every week for two months,
and if they found it helpful, they could continue. If the
experiment did not help the emotional climate of the