The Husband

With all my school planning, I don't want to forget the most important person in our family.  It's easy for moms to get caught up in the needs of the children and forget that they are wives.

In fifteen years of marriage Kevin has put up with my wild ideas like homeschooling, medicinal herbs,  grinding wheat etc.  For fifteen years that man has gotten up early in the morning and gone to a job where he works hard and rarely has any money to spend on himself to show for it.  He leads the family in prayers at night, even when he is ready to drop from exhaustion.

We're not getting any younger or richer, and time alone, any time soon, isn't looking promising.  So I am recommitting to being a good help mate to him.  Smiling more, being more pleasant, appreciating him and making sure he knows it.  Kevin deserves so much more of me than there is to give.  At least in the little things, I can strive to please him and make his life more comfortable.

Last night he was showing me a website of old computers.  He was pointing out the ones he learned to program on back in the dark ages.  Now, I can't actually say I didn't tease him and call him a geek, and I can't actually say the computers were interesting to me... but it was truly enjoyable to share in something that was important to him and part of his past.

Marriage is our first vocation.  The children are a part of that, but the marriage is first.

Comments

[Margaret]

Bridget,
This was such a lovely post. Your husband sounds like mine. I too am truly blessed. I also want to thank you for your posts on what you are using for teaching each of your children. It is so very helpful to hear what others are using. Thank you for sharing.

[lisa]

amen!!

[Heather - NY]

Great post!!!