I listened to a motivational blip online (it was good but I don't have the link anymore) and this lady's three points for female success in the workplace were:
-Sit at the table
don't dismiss yourself but be a part of the action -if not always at least when invited
-Don't leave before you leave
haven't we all known the woman who was planning for maternity leave before she even had a significant other
-and Be a partner
I'm not even sure I remember what her real point on this point was but the phrase caught me because my mind went to my husband right away. How easy is it to just not tell my spouse what I'm thinking? How easy is it even to lean on the Lord and neglect to include the hubby in my Spiritual journey?? How much more easier is it to just try and put up with my partner instead of fixing whatever with him is bugging me??? (not sure any of that grammar was remotely correct)
Bad bad Nell! My husband is the person God put in place to help me not only with my day to day life but to help me with my worship and my religion. God bless my Mark.
Amen for a second day in a row. I would encourage you to not try and 'fix' the bugs ---- but, embrace them!!! For the first ten to twenty years of our marriage, I tried, in vain to encourage your father to wear clothes other than jeans and a t-shirt. At some point, I decided to embrace his choice of wardrobe and find the coolest jeans and t-shirts that I could on my shopping expeditions. Remember the t-shirt I bought him in Vegas that had money coming out of the pocket and said, 'My kids' think I am a bank'? I have also tried to guilt him into being a romantic - buying flowers and surprising me with trips, etc. Now, if I want flowers or a party or a trip, I talk with him and plan it myself. We are both happier. When I think about the gift God gave me in the form of your dad, I begin to cry - so precious is that gift and so right for me and my personality. God Bless You and Mark as you appreciate each other because God cares for both of you and knows what is best for you.
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