It’s Thursday, and time for Writer’s Workshop!
The Prompts:
1.) Ask someone who loves you what one of your weaknesses is.
2.) “I need all the help I can get and if repeating something healthy and inspiring to myself several times a day helps, then I’m going to do it!” -What affirmation makes you feel better? WELL THINK OF ONE.
3.) I Wanna Be MADE! You remember the MTV series where nerdy high school kids are made to be popular and what not? If you could be MADE into anything…what you be made into?
4.) I’m reading a book about dogs and kids…it says you may need to compromise some of your dog standards when choosing a dog that will fit every family member’s needs. I think that’s like marriage. What did you compromise when you married?
5.) Why didn’t they ask you? Write a list of 5 or 10 sentences that begin with the words ‘No one ever asked me’; then, write about one of them in detail, or use them all in a poem, or use several in a personal description of yourself.
I’m sure my husband was surprised when I asked him this question. Know what his answer was?
“You get really stressed out sometimes.”
This is really husband speak for “You go crazy, scream and throw things and scare us all to death.”
He’s so right! When we are scheduled to have people come over, for birthday parties and the like, I tend to lose my mind. He reminds me that I’ve gotten a lot better about it — in other words, I don’t make my entire family quite as miserable now before parties. Something about my house being total chaos all the time makes me a little more laid back.
While we’re on the topic of husbands, check out Prompt #4. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the best person when it comes to compromise. I’m fiercely independent, and pretty darn hard headed — not a good recipe for getting along with others.
When I became pregnant with Rachel, and Brett moved in (yeah, there will be a whole other story about that one day!), I totally flipped out. I don’t think Brett ever knew it, but I felt crowded, without any place in my own home to escape. Luckily, I think it was just hormones! A very dear friend of mine was honest enough to tell me that I had a bad case of the ‘Me’s”. In other words, I needed to look at Brett, and how much his life was changing, by moving in with me, into my home, and within my family unit with Abby.
In marriage, there are lots of compromises: some big, some small. I try to look at things from the ‘big picture’ standpoint: in other words, is the particular issue at hand worth a huge fight? Brett used to let the dog sleep with him — that went by the wayside when he moved in. I used to punch the snooze button 5 or 6 times before getting up — now Brett will just turn the alarm off. I’ve learned to get out of bed when I need to, and Brett has learned that our bed is for us ….. plus the children!
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