My husband and I just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary (man, time flies). We have had our ups and downs in those 6 years, but I wouldn't trade him for anything. There are days I want to light his hair on fire, but I know he feels the same way about me at times. We have put up with a lot from each other over the past 6 years, but we are each other’s closest friend. Nobody knows me better than my husband (except for God). We can look at each other and know what the other is thinking.
Recently, since our second daughter was born, we haven’t had as much time to spend on “us” and we sometimes get frustrated with each other. Going from one to two kids is a challenge, especially when they are both under two. We are trying to work on limiting our video game, TV, computer, and cell phone time when we are home so that we spend more time together as a family. We play board games or “Heads Up” on the iPhone together and then laugh at the videos (it records the game)! If you haven’t played it before, spend the $0.99 and enjoy! We laugh so hard! We try to do nice things for each other, too. After a long night with the girls a few weeks ago, I loaded the girls up and we went for donuts and Starbucks and dropped by his work for a nice little “pick me up”. He was thrilled!
I’ve learned that when I try harder, so does my husband! I stayed up all night with a screaming baby this weekend and he took care of her in the afternoon so I could nap. AND he did the dishes! We have our moments when we need a “time out”, but who doesn’t?
The moral of my post today is this: do something good for your relationship today! Cook a nice meal, do a chore that your significant other normally does, or write them a love note and stick it in their car. Do something nice every day for a month (whether you want to or not, whether you’re mad at them or not) and see what happens.
Do you accept the challenge?
