Often people tell me that I am lucky and that I found a good one in Jon, and while that is very true and I am very blessed, I do have to say that everyone should be a good one.  Let’s be honest, good ones shouldn’t be the minority but rather the majority, unfortunately however, it doesn’t seem to be that way.  People often ask us for advice about relationships I assume because of how they perceive our relationship to be.  With that in mind I wanted to offer a series on the things that contribute to making our relationship successful.

In my opinion, there are six keys to a successful relationship, those being:

• trust
• loyalty
• mutual respect
• communication
• compromise
• support

Before I go any further I want to clarify that I am not preaching and I am by no means claiming that our relationship is perfect.  Keeping it 100% real, no one is perfect and every relationship is an never ending work in progress, including ours.  Relationships take constant work, dedication and compromise.  Simply what I am trying to do is to offer my perspective on relationships as a whole and the what we have found help to make our relationship successful.  And while every relationship is different I do believe there are some fundamentals that are an important basis of every relationship and that is what this series will be all about.

So thank you for joining, feel free to participate and contribute.