Marriage is something that needs a lot of time and effort put into it to make it work. Sometimes that may require one partner putting aside their own interests or things they need to do to help out their spouse.
Mick has been helping me prepare posters and flyers for the launch of my new book Streets on a Map. He has spent time coming up with ideas and moving things round on the computer and generally trying to make the posters look as eye catching as possible. Why? Because he realises this is important for me and he cares about me and wants to help however he can. To me that is the essence of what marriage is about, looking out for the other person and finding way to help and please them. I mean, it’s not like he doesn’t have a million other projects he wants to do in the garden and in the house. He may be retired but inactivity and boredom is not his problem. Still, he is prepared to invest the time and effort into getting things right for me and I am thankful for that.
Then, when he’s come up with something, I add my input and he’s doesn’t get miffed if I say something isn’t working any more than I do if he says something I suggest doesn’t work as frequently happens. I’m not a graphic designer and neither is he.
On another blog I have listed some things I am thankful for. One of the major ones is my husband. I love that we have spent more than two thirds of our lives together. Another writer friend who has been married a long time said above all she was thankful she met her husband and has spent most of her life with him. Another writer also commented that she was thankful for her husband. I think that’s lovely to hear and I hope they made sure to let their husbands know they were thankful for them as well as letting me know.
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