Elya Beauty

When I was in high school, we were not allowed to hold hands on campus. Many of us, of course, had steady boyfriends and it was absolute pure torture not to hold hands at some point, during the long school day. So, frequently, students were “caught” in the unthinkable act of holding hands. Whenever we were discovered to have broken that particular carnal rule, the principal would utter his pet phrase, “Holding hands leads to pregnancy!”

We would laugh and separate, knowing that the principal, obviously, had no idea what lead to pregnancy. Holding hands had nothing to do with it right? Wrong!

I now realize that holding hands was the very beginning of intimacy, a somewhat safe entry into the world of bonding with someone special. Holding hands is a small, yet, heartfelt display of intimacy, which can…and sometimes does…ultimately, lead to pregnancy.

Here are 8 keys to unlocking your happily ever after. They work before marriage too, but it seems that people need these little reminders after they get married. We get so battered by everyday life that we tend to forget those little things that made us turn our heads in the direction of our mates in the first place. That look. That walk. That crooked little smile. That smell. Those curls…whatever it is, you can find it again…it’s still there underneath that daily grind that we call life. You just have to remember what it was and then want it back enough to go after it.

I am not a doctor or a specialist of any kind. These are only my observations, and gathered knowledge over my years here on this earth and 27 years of marriage to a rather complicated, yet fascinating man. These keys work. I have used them. My husband has used them. He even taught me a few of them.