Moving can put a lot of stress on a marriage. Make a decision to keep the romance alive despite the pressures and challenges of your move. The health of your marriage will add physical and emotional strength for both of you and is a gift of stability to your children. You may only feel that you can do one romantic idea each week or month, but that’s a start!

21 Easy but so-worth-it ways!

Write your special man a love letter or write a song for him!

Hide a special note or card in an unexpected place: the medicine cabinet, on his steering wheel, in the refrigerator, in the book he’s reading....

Put a flower in his briefcase.

Buy a guidebook for your new city or region. Explore a fun or romantic place together.

Touch more. Hold his hand, rub his neck and feet, put your arm around him in the check out line.

Sign up together for a dance class, cooking class, drawing class...any class that allows you to share in a new experience or an interest that you both have. The added bonus: meeting new people with the same interest.

Use Valentine Conversation Heart candies to spell out a romantic message on his night stand.

Call or email him at work just to say 'I love you.'

Indulge him in is favorite hobby or passion: buy him a new golf club, new tennis racket, new DVD, favorite food, etc.

Learn what you can about his hobbies or passions.

Speaking of his favorite food...make it a mission to discover the restaurant that prepares the best of that favorite food in your community. This could take some time, but the fun of discovering new restaurants will be well worth it.

Send funny comics to him at work.

Have a banner professionally printed with a special message. Hang it outside the house for him to see when he arrives.

Establish regular 'Mommy and Daddy time' with your bedroom door closed and explain to your kids that they are not to disturb you during that time.

Tell him what you really appreciate about him.

Rent a tandem bicycle and go for a ride!

Subscribe to your local newspaper and watch for special events and offers that you both would enjoy. Follow up on these ideas for a regular date night.

Go for a horse-drawn carriage ride.

Tie a piece of string to the inside doorknob of your front door and string it throughout the house, ending at your bathroom. Have a hot bubble bath waiting in the glow of candlelight!