Whenever my kids stumble, I like to catch them, and declare in solemn tones:
'I've got you. Mommy's got you!'
And I can only hope, that when they've become adults, and they trip and fall on the troublesome path that is life, I'll still be there saying:
'I've got you.'
But sometimes I worry: 'Who's got mé?!' Then I see hubby's feet, dressed in Birkenstocks and woolly socks, and I breathe a sigh of relief.
My husband's got me.
Most men nowadays help around the house these days. After all, two feminist waves have left their mark! It's hard to stay a male chauvinist male pig with so much pressure nót to be. However there are still some men around who simply don't séé it. They may not even realize you'ld appreciate some help...
Lately when my husband comes home from work, there's this spring in his step. And as soon as he enters the house, he runs right past me, into the garden looking for his new love: Walnuts. Big nuts, small nuts and medium sized nuts. He loves them all. What if... The nuts are a gift...
I was starving for some positive reinforcement, so against my better judgement I asked hubby: 'Please say something nice to me?' In my defense: it had been a very long day, and the kids had been awful! Hubby immediately got that familiar deer-in-the-headlight look, while I waited patiently. Minutes went by, and the silence got...
It's a wellknown fact: after Summer Vacation divorce rates go up. Apparently it can be quite stressful to have the love of your life around you all the time. It's all very well to promise: 'for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,' but no one said anything about...
And my husband spoke and he said unto me: 'I have not seen fit to give you my neglected old desk, filled with yellow pages from 1999, and other stuff I have forgotten I have, to you. I have received your request, and rejected it. I'd rather have my desk just standing there, doing nothing...
Some fights are just waiting to happen. Yesterday evening, hubby and I were watching Medium and Ghost Whisperer. And we got into this deep, and meaningful discussion about which one was the better series. Hubby felt compelled to share I had a lot more in common with Allison in Medium, than with Melinda from Ghost...
