October 23, 2017
Keeping Focused On The Big Picture


Dear Dr. Laura,

On the drive home the other night I was listening to your book, The Proper Care and Feeding Of Husbands. As I pulled in to the driveway at 12:30 am I realized that my husband had turned the light off in the garage. The wiring to the light is the same as the door. I didn't have my house keys on me and it was pouring down rain. I had to walk around to the backyard while getting barked at by my dogs and yelled at by my sleeping geese. The best part is that I had to crawl through the dog door. To say the least, I wasn't exactly happy about my adventure.

From listening to your book, it was hard to be mad at him. it's not like I've never made a mistake that has caused him to work harder to fix it. Like the time, I flushed a clump of dead grass down the toilet. Which caused it to plug up and he had to take the entire thing apart to fix it. Although I was mad at the moment, when I looked at the big picture, a one time crawl through the dog door really isn't that bad. So I left him a note asking him to please leave the light on for me.

When I told him this morning, how I got into the house he laughed and laughed and apologized. Thank you for teaching me to look at the big picture and not to be so serious all the time.

Posted by Staff at 10:57 AM