Everything comes in seasons. Nothing stays the same, and you both will change and make mistakes along the way.
What worked for your friends won't necessarily work for you when you disagree, and the idea that you "never go to bed angry" is really a challenge from seasoned marriages, and not just cliche marital advice.
My husband and I had a wonderful day today! Probably the best in a while. No, we don't fight every day, but as I have admitted before I have mornings where I feel like he takes the things I do for granted.
Today at 3am, our oldest son decided he was ready to face the day. And anticipating the current routine, I went to get up feeling slightly miffed. My husband put his hand on my shoulder and told me to lay back down and go to sleep. He said that he would stay up with him and let me sleep until I was ready to get up and then take a nap before work....It's these things that make me love this man even more.
I actually got to sleep until 7. It was fabulous! And when I headed out to the livingroom my husand had breakfast started and a smile on his face. This is defiantly how I wish the mornings would go.
No grumps or gripes, no hurt feelings, no animosity. He took his nap, and right before he was going to get ready for work he used one of his own parables to describe what his intentions for today were...He said that steel can withstand almost any force, but if you bend it enough it will crack. He said he didn't want to be so rigid anymore in the things that he wanted, that he ended up making me crack. HOW SWEET!
If you knew my husband you would think this was funny. He likes to use mechanical/industrial things for object lessons or compares them to thing so that you can get an idea of how they work or should work...He's goofy.
I am so glad that our prayers are being heard. We are trying to work as a team, and this is a step in a great direction! And as God would have it, the Facebook page of a book Called 'The Respect Dare' that I think I am being nudged to read, this was on my newsfeed shortly after the talk with my husband today...
Begin your repairs ladies and gentlemen! You can't build a house and expect it to stay together forever. Something always needs work, and if you own a home you know that some fixes are easy and some are hard, some increase the value and others are maintenance, but they are all needed...Hehe, my husband would be proud I used examples similar to what he would have.
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