So often in the bustle of everyday life, we sort of... let life happen to us, instead of thinking things through.  If you have kids, their needs are so... There...always in need of something. Right in front of us.   Especially true with little children.  Quite easily our spouse can be put on the back burner-so to speak, because it's not urgent.  Your marriage relationship is so important, because when it is healthy--the rest of the family will tend to be healthy also.

With that, I wanted you to see this below.  (Clicking on the title will take you to the page.)  Very thought out observations on this topic.  I read it a few weeks back on the Family Life website and wanted to pass it along.  

Improve Your Marriage by Being Worse Parents 

by Jim Keller

Here's a snippet:

Parenting is a great responsibility and a great joy, but it can also be a great distracter. Our lives are so inextricably linked with our children that it sometimes can be overwhelming emotionally. My most emotional moments and the majority of my tears were engendered by my kids. But my children eventually left home—can you imagine?! And my wife and I were the ones that remained. And the really interesting thing to me is that our relationship is still the backbone of our now-extended family. Don't focus so much on your parenting that you forget that the most important relationship in your family is your marriage to your spouse.