For this Valentine's Day, FIREPROOF your relationship!

Yesterday, I saw a really good movie. I think a lot of African Americans didn't watch this one because it was pushed more toward others and not our key market, but man, we really missed something.   Okay, here's the breakdown:   Fireproof is about Caleb and Catherine who are on the borderline of divorcing. He tells Catherine after a horrible horrible (I mean screaming crazy mad rant) that he could careless what she does and pushes her to file for divorce. As a firefighter chief, Caleb is always drilling in his men "Never Leave Your Partner!" Yet in his personal life, Caleb could care only about himself. (This man was truly the epitome of selfishness.) That is until Caleb's father writes his son a to do list called "The Love Dare" and Caleb has to promise to do the entire list before signing the divorce papers. (OMG! - you can actually buy this book, which I did before.)   Every day for 40 days, Caleb has to do something out of this book for his wife, for himself, for his relationship. OMG! I can't stop saying that. It was just beautiful and it was so many lessons learned that this book brought out in Caleb. He changed. His wife changed. They fell in love again. Now I know you're saying this is just a movie but it wasn't just the movie it was the tasks he was instructed to do in order to fall in love with his wife again. They were extravagant (although it was hilarious as you watch this frugal selfish man buy flowers for her because he didn't want to spend any of his boat money. "How much is it without the bear and chocolates?" he basically asked . OMG! )   I'm recommending this movie for anyone and everyone. I know you won't just want to watch it once. You need to buy it. And watch it all the time. I'll tell you about The Love Dare when it arrives.    I'd like to note, no movie has actually made me just go out and buy a book the next day. 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