Want Some Magic in Your Marriage? Try Appreciating Your Husband

Three of the main things men want in a relationship are respect, care and companionship, and freedom to be themselves. Shutterstock

This past year, I’ve really come to believe in magic. Not the magic that makes rabbits appear out of hats, but rather the innate kind we all have—the kind that when you change your mind for the better, elements outside of yourself transform in beautiful and unexpected ways.

Earlier I wrote about how good homemaking can work magic on your life. (And I can still attest that when Marie Kondo said there is life-changing magic in tidying up, it’s not hyperbole.)