Recently, after writing out the latest round of good intentions for my life, I wondered about my relationship with my wife. We’re still each in love with our best friend, but after 17 years of marriage, there’s an awful lot that can inadvertently wind up on auto-pilot. I found myself asking, “OK, so really: what do you do with a wife?”
Of course, I realized that what I was really asking was, “What can we do together that would be really fun for ME?” But somehow, I managed to escape from my clutches and ask, “What about all those things she does that seem to be really fun for HER? Why don’t we go do them?” That’s when a whole new world of experience was opened to me, a world that I admittedly had long been doing my best to avoid: the world of artistic expression, interior design, and French antiques.
Learning to appreciate cracked old French frames takes time for some of us. But you know, it really is pretty amazing, I wonder how it got to America . . .
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RETURN VISIT TO MY SITE. I READ YOUR WIFE'S BLOG EVERY DAY TOO. I AM IN AWE OF THE LOVE YOU SHARE. HER WRITING AND YOURS SEEMS TO ECHO EACH OTHERS TRUE SOUL.
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HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
I so agree with Marie Grace,
ReplyDeleteBlogs are read by an amazing amount of people. Yours will be, especially, there aren't many "guy" blogs out there quite like this.
Thank you for being brave, and an inspiration.
xo Lidy
I have scrolled to the beginning, and find myself so looking forward to the journey of last year. :)
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