Sorry to double-post, but this is to Doug, because I have been
following other threads and I detect a certain anger about 'women
trying to change men'. Haha.. "detect", more like picked it up off
the ground like a penny.
About 3 weeks ago, my husband decided to clean the garage, and had
our 2nd son help him. They were working along pretty good when I went
out there, and I took my coffee out to watch and help. (I'm not much
help, physically, because my back is crooked and I can't move heavy
things without paying for it). I was more of the 'pain in the ass'
kind of help, you'd say. Like looking at the whole picture and saying
'if that stuff gets moved out of the corner, look how well the OTHER
stuff could fit..." etc. My husband is awesome at steady hard work,
but gets stressed and bogged down with organizational tasks. So I
stayed out there with my coffee, pointed out good ways to place
things, carried trash to the curb. My husband found his box of old
photo albums from when he was in the Marines, and he was just goig to
find another spot to stick it, but I said "Hey... take some of those
albums out! When you are putting the boys to bed, you guys can go
through that stuff and you can tell them your stories..."
He said, "Good idea!" and seemed pleased, and it made me happy
to see him carry a few albums out and put them in the 'house' pile. I
looked through the album and found a cool picture of him, at age 20,
posing with a machine gun, and I put it on the fridge for the boys to
see.
Doug.. I'm not trying to CHANGE my husband. I just want him to
come alive.
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