makes&me&want&to&eat&him&up&with&a&spoon!&He’s&figured&this&out&and&whistles&as&he&puts&those&
dishes&away.&But&this&is&about&you&romancing&your&man,¬&him&romancing&you...just&saying.&
Stephen&Covey,&author&of&The%Seven%Habits%of%Highly%Successful%People,&says&that&all&things&are&
created&twice,&first&mentally&and&then&physically.&The&key&to&creativity&is&to&begin&with&the&end&in&
view,&with&a&vision&and&a&blueprint&of&the&desired&result.^13 &By&creating&a&visual&image&of&making&
love&with&your&husband,&you&will&be&building&anticipation&in&your&own&mind&and&several&steps&
closer&to&the&desired&result.&
In&Linda&Dillow&and&Lorraine&Pintus’&book&Intimate%Issues,&they&tell&a&story&about&a&woman&
named&Heidi.&She&asked&her&husband,&Brent,&what&he&would&like&for&his&birthday&present.&She&
expected&him&to&say&something&ordinary&like&new&golf&clubs.&Instead,&his&extraordinary&request&
stunned&her:&“Honey,&the&only&gift&I&desire&is&for&you&to&give&yourself&permission&to&be&a&
sensuous&woman.”&Heidi’s&eyes&filled&with&tears.^14 &
One&thing&that&was&so&precious&to&me&as&I&read&the&responses&from&the&men&who&completed&my&
surveys&and&interviews&when&I&was&writing&Becoming%the%Woman%of%His%Dreams&is&that&they&
loved&their&wives&and&really&wanted&a&great&marriage.&The&woman&of&their&dreams&is&a&
combination&of&deeply&spiritual&and&divinely&sexual.&Those&two&compartments&are¬&separate.&
They&are&one&and&the&same,&and&I’ve&come&to&realize&that&men&have&a&better&handle&on&that&
than&most&of&us&ladies.&Sexual&fulfillment&between&a&husband&and&a&wife&is¬&only&the&dream&
of&your&man,&it&is&the&design&of&a&holy&God.&
Romance'Challenge'
- Purchase&a&blank&puzzle&at&a&craft&store.&Write&a&romantic&message&on&the&puzzle.&Break&
it&up&in&pieces,&place&it&in&a&box,&and&give&it&to&your&husband&as&a&little&love&gift.&&
& - Buy&some&temporary&tattoos&and&tattoo&each&other&in&a&place&only&the&two&of&you&will&
see.&
(^13) Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989), pp. 98-9.
(^14) Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus, Intimate Issues (Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press), p. 13.