He works 4 nights out of the week while I work 2 out of the 3 he doesn't. Here is what we do: whomever is home with the boys has them tucked in by the time the other gets home. This is usually easier for me to do since the earliest he's home is around midnight. Once the boys are asleep, the time between then and about 2am is us time. We have date night every night...our own way! Sure we're sacrificing sleep every night, but we do it to nurture our relationship.
I cannot stress the importance of nurturing the relationship enough. If you do not take care of the foundation your walls will collapse. We've done everything from baking, to watching movies, drinks and long talks that take us to our early days. Those talks are always so nice because they remind me of the man I fell in love with. It helps me not to focus on the man I see today. Everyday I see the hardworking stressed out father who wants nothing more than to give his family the most. Our talks however, bring out the carefree 19 year old who wanted nothing more than to build our empire from scratch...not that I don't madly love both.
Yesterday, I read an article about the reasons why you should have sex with your spouse everyday. Of course I was immediately skeptical. The truth of it was though that it was stressing how much you should nurture your relationship. We're not fairy tale perfect I don't think anyone is. We fall off the wagon, too.
I leave you all who are tired and want to crash from your long days everyday with this. Even if it's 30 minutes a day spend that one on one. Invest in your relationships. Enjoy each other's company. If it wasn't for those moments we spend one on one...everything that has raised to break us would have broken us.
Xoxo
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