I received the following email from my Mom this morning and it fits in perfectly with my topic of “Showing a little love” .
A very old man lay dying in his bed. In death’s doorway, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands.
With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death’s agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven.
There, spread out on newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? (Can you see where this is going?)
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table. The aged and withered hand, shaking, made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when he was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.
“Stay out of those,” she said. “They’re for the funeral.
I have been thinking a great deal about how I show my love to my husband due to several different blogs that have posted about this topic.
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HERE: notice how she says she needs to be nicer to her husband, that is exactly what I thought. Then I read her other post HERE.
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There were other blogs but this is one that really stood out to me.
I have been married for almost 7 years. 7 wonderful years. And having been married for this long I have gotten comfortable, too comfortable, and I don’t show my love for my husband as I should. My husband is amazing and not only does he constantly tell me he loves me, he shows me as well.
He shows me by:
working so hard
coming home to our family at night happily
smiling all the time :^)
always making sure to get off work when there is something important going on (he came to every single pre-natal appointment when I was pregnant)
if I asked him to make dinner after his long day at work I know he would
he basically does everything I ask of him
So then there is me, how do I show my love for my husband? Is there anything special that I do specifically for my husband to show him I love him. I have been thinking about this for a few days now and I cannot think of anything. What is really amazing about my husband is he would tell me all the ways I show him. I know because I asked him last night and he told me:
That I am sweet
That I am kind
That I am considerate
I know this must have been memories of how I used to be because when I thought about it I knew that:
I am not sweet in fact I am quite sour
I have not been kind, I have been mean and ornery
I have hardly been considerate, no I have been quite selfish :(
I am not proud of this behavior. Hardly!
It’s not that I don’t love my husband because I do completely and totally with all my heart, mind, and soul. In fact I used to leave him love notes all over. I would write something special and then leave the note somewhere for him to find :) I think the problem is that I have gotten lazy. LAZY!!! I hate laziness I think it is the most horrible state of being! And now here I am being lazy about something so unbelievably important. This is heartbreaking. I do not want to end up being a woman who would be more concerned with funeral preparations than my dearest darling well you know. However now that I have recognized the problem I can remedy it. Right?! I don’t think it is too late.
The first step to fixing something is admitting that there is a problem.
I have now done that.
Now I simply need to change my attitude.
I need to be happier, less stressful, more calm, more outwardly loving, working harder, giving more of myself, less selfish, and more sweet, kind, and considerate :D
It won’t be hard, I know this because I love my Phillip and I love my children and I want to show it to them :D
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What a great story! I think it is so easy to get caught up in the daily routine and forget the little things that are really the big things. I am so guilty of this. Thanks for sharing!