In 1996 I was fortunate to be able to marry the love of my life, the most beautiful and most wonderful woman in the world. My "True Companion" - Felicia.
Over the years we've been very successful with our life together and I know she is very proud and happy with us and of the boys and me. But, I've been doing a lot of thinking and soul searching the past couple of months and I believe I can be much more and much better to her. I'm not sure she agrees with my assessment but... She has been unbelievable with her support, courage, guidance, and most importantly love. I don't feel that I've given the same and I know that I have areas to work on and that's where the commitment to become a Better Husband has come from.
I'm not always the best listener. I'm a great "hearer" but there are many times need to listen better. As with most guys I'm a solver but there are many times when she would like me to just listen...not try to solve...just listen. I don't spend enough time with just her, focusing on just her, and just being with her. And I don't make time for Felicia to get "Felicia time".
So to become the Better Husband I want to be I'm going to be working on becoming a better listener and not such a good "hearer". I'm also going to be working on becoming less of a problem solver when it's not needed...will need lots of help with this one :-). I'm going to work on much more quality time with Felicia focusing on just us. Finally, I will work on freeing up Felicia so she can have more "Felicia time" without worrying about things being taken care of because she isn't doing them.
Hopefully success with the above will allow me to feel that I've become or am becoming more of what I believe Felicia deserves.
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