Friday, October 26, 2007
October Only Comes Once a Year
During one of my wedding showers 10 years ago, the guests were instructed to give me a piece of marriage advice. As wedding shower games go, the task was a little trickier than to just give advice. Your piece of advice had to start with a certain letter - so that in the end, then advice spelled out my new married name.
My mother-in-law happened to pull the letter O out of the basket. The advice she gave has truly been a piece that has strengthened my marriage - although at the time I thought, "Yeah, right, like that will ever happen." Her advice was this:
"October only comes once a year - spend it together in a duck blind."
How does that strengthen my marriage? As it turns out, Jaxon enjoys me sharing in his activities and we really do get to spend some good quality time together - granted it is not at the spa getting a pedicure, but quality time - none the less. I understand his activities a bit more, he is willing to join me a few of mine, so we connect with each other.
This past weekend was my best 'wife' moment yet. Jaxon begged me to go to the pheasant opener in South Dakota. I talked him down from 4 days to 2, and agreed to go once we found childcare. I won't give you the details, but it turned out to be a really fun time - nice weather, lots of birds, warm clothes, and good company. Besides that fact that we had to do a lot of driving, stay in a tiny bathroomless cabin, and came home extremely exhausted - I would do it again in a heartbeat.
If you ever have the chance to tag along, I encourage you to do it. Keep an open mind - your good behavior may just be rewarded (at least you won't feel bad going on a little shopping spree afterwards!)
