WEEDS & WILDFLOWERS: What Every Couple Must Know to Grow a Love That Lasts

Love is not a feeling you find. It is a living thing you grow.After thirty-three years of marriage, Julius Kehinde, PhD, has learned that the couples who last are not the ones who fell in love the hardest. They are the ones who kept tending. In Weeds & Wildflowers, he draws on a lifetime in the same garden, along with the insight of researchers, poets, and people of faith, to show couples how to plant love in the right soil, keep it watered, and pull the weeds that quietly choke it.You will discover:The Right Soil: the foundation every lasting love needs, and why chemistry alone cannot carry a relationship through year sevenWatering the Roots: how to truly hear each other in a distracted, always-on ageSunlight and Space: how to stay close without losing yourselfLove or Lust: how to tell the weed from the flowerLove Killers: the resentment, contempt, and neglect that slowly strangle a relationshipWeeding Them Out: practical tools for forgiveness, apology, and repairPests and Predators: guarding your relationship from outside threatsLove and Money: facing the elephant in the garden togetherGrowing Ready to Be Chosen: a hopeful guide for singles still preparing the groundSowing and Reaping: why what you plant in love always comes backSeasons of Love: surviving the droughts and savoring the harvestsEvery chapter pairs a relatable story with a clear principle, then invites you into Root Work, a short exercise to try together, and Garden Notes, honest questions to talk through or reflect on. The result is warm, practical, and faith-inclusive guidance that welcomes every listener who wants love to be the foundation of their relationship.Whether you are newly engaged, decades into marriage, or still waiting for the right person, this is your invitation to get your hands in the soil and grow a love that lasts.