March 10, 2016
The Best Investment I Could Have Made


I'm a 30 year old wife, mom of an 8 month old son and pregnant with our second.  My husband got the day off for his birthday recently.  We were thrilled to have the whole day as a family.  But the night before, he got a call that he was needed in the office the next day.  I wanted to complain and moan about all the ruined plans and missed family time, but I channeled you and kept my mouth shut.  When his alarm went off the next morning before 6AM, I pulled my pregnant butt out of bed and made my "boyfriend" breakfast and then sat down to share coffee with him.  While I used to make a habit of getting up with him, I haven't been doing as good a job of it since the new baby and my current pregnancy.

Dr. Laura, that 15 minutes with him was the best investment I could have made in our marriage that day.  An hour after he left for work, I got a text from him that said "Thank you so much for this morning.  I really enjoyed that.  Man, I love you.  You're such a great wife."  When he got home from work, he was smiling from ear to ear and presented me with a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers - remember this was HIS birthday, and I got the flowers!  

I had already chosen wisely, but listening to you reminds me to treat kindly and invest in those little "coffee" moments.  Thank you from my kids' mom and my hot husband's girlfriend.

Jessie


Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM