It's a simple life.
When I was in high school there was a substitute teacher that I didn't like. I gave him some bad attitude in class one day. I left class and went to gym and felt horrible for the way I had treated him. So after gym I went back to his classroom and apologized. He looked surprised but thanked me. I learned that I would rather treat people with kindness than go back and ask forgiveness.
I had colored contacts in high school, a deep royal blue. When I got compliments for my eye color and people asked if it was real, I lied. When I went to Bible college I felt guilty for that outstanding lie and emailed an apology to some friends. I figured out I would rather tell the truth than carry guilt.
Why am I confessing these things to you? Because I can look at my life right now and say yes, it is simple. I don't hide things from my husband. He's not going to find my name on the Ashley Maddison site. If I buy new shoes I show him; I'm not going to hide the receipt. I expect the same respect from him. Paul is not going to bars dancing with other girls or tallying up a huge bar tab. We made a commitment to each other, we share life together.
You can think me old-fashioned. You can think we are traditionalists. Call me a fuddy duddy, I don't care. If I lose my temper I go back to that person (usually one of my kids) and apologize. They are people too, just little. Not perfect. Full of faults. But we face them head on.
We do family dinners. We pray as a family at night. We give hugs. We give forgiveness. We say, I'm sorry. We say no to a lot of things so we can yes to each other. We play hard and we work harder. We love Jesus. We want to do right but we don't always. We listen. In this house we laugh, we cry, we love. It's a common simple life.