With so many things going on at the office and outside of the office with all of my other commitments and responsibilities there are some days when I spend very little time with my wife. While it is not an ideal situation, I have to keep busy and I enjoy the constant pace of life. Fortunately, my wife is very understanding of this recent shift but every once in a while I make sure that I step back and show her, in some way, that I appreciate her and support her in her work, her hobbies, and her education.
I
try to listen when she needs an ear, embrace her when she needs a hug, and
offer the little knowledge I have when she had a question but there are also
other time when I just decide to do something a little more. When I am able, I
try to include her (or at least offer) in some of the activities that I have
going on constantly. I try to make her laugh as much as possible because she
tends to get caught up in things and loses sight of the good things that happen
every day. I try to do all of these things on a regular basis.
There
are times when I wish I could have done more and other times when I try to
think what I could have done differently to make things better but I am still a
husband with flaws, as we all are, and so I am not always on top of these
things. However, there are instances when things go right and all the other
stuff going on kind of melts away. Sometimes it is as simple as relaxing with
my wife laying on the couch or going out to a reasonably price lunch or dinner.
However,
there are more extravagant moments (well, for us at least) when we go away for
the weekend or occasions, like today, when we find an item on clearance that I
know that my wife will get years of use out of. While searching for a number of
things at Wal-Mart we walked by the electronics department and noticed a camera
on clearance. We have been talking about replacing her Pentax for a while and
now, seeing the severely slashed price, we had the opportunity to upgrade her. While
there is a little bit of investment up front just the fact that we no longer
have to buy packs and packs of AA batteries anymore will recoup our money in
just over a year.
More
importantly, it made my wife happy both in the moment and as she goes out on
her little excursions during the warmer weather to take pictures. I have my
hobby which I invest in on an ongoing basis and it is nice to invest a little
in her hobby every once in a while. We both found the things that relax us and
take our mind off of things for a little bit which makes the limited funds put
into each of them worth the financial commitment. I can’t wait to see the
amazing photos that she gets with the upgrade in her equipment!
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