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Today of all days, I do not feel as though I’ve grown at all from being a husband or parent.
- Being up working till midnight yesterday made me wake up grumpy today.
- The gift of marriage didn’t work out either because of bad communication on my part.
- The Monkey keeps peeing on the floor.
- His brother, The Puppy, did the other one while they were playing with the water, naked on the back porch.
- And their Mom is a bit emotional right now, which as a man I completely understand the cause, but that doesn’t seem to translate into an understanding attitude, affectionate words, or a more helpful spirit.
On the other hand, I have learned that:
- I’ve got the responsibility as the head of my family to get to bed early enough that I can lead with a good attitude the next day.
- Even when communication fails, its up to me to make sure we don’t go to sleep upset.
- Monkey’s pee on floors sometimes.
- Puppy’s do the other thing too.
- If I can recognize that I need an understanding attitude then I need to choose to have one. If know that affectionate words are needed, then affectionate words there must be. And a helpful spirit should be present at all times.
Before we were we and I was just me, that is what all of my thoughts were about: me. Everything that I did was to serve my own purpose. But after two became one I was forced to consider another person’s needs and wants. When the boys joined us that became even more apparent.
I’ll be in bed a decent time tonight so that we can have some good talk time. She doesn’t like going to bed without me and I can fully understand why: because we’re better together.
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