Being a first time parent has me constantly analyzing how my life has changed over the past 2 months. And with all this "newness" has come LOTS of questions. So my first question is how does a husband/wife continue to keep their spouse of greater priority once a child arrives. I am now having to eat my own words of "God #1, Spouse #2, then kids #3"-which I still fully embrace but realize that those words now get to take action. So for those of you interested in answering/sharing, I am looking for tangible day to day ideas (creative or not creative) on how to do so.
We do have one game that we play that I'll share and am excited to hear about other suggestions as well.
Ours is "tag." We have a small piece of beech wood that Dave wrote "You're It!" on and we take turns "tagging" each other. When you are "it," it is your job to hide it in a place that the other person will find. (Shoes, Cereal box, microwave...etc.) This is just a small way that we get to let the other person know that we are thinking about them.
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I love you! And I would love to comment on your question..and NO I don't have an answer, but for me, the second I put Eden down for a nap I try and go right into my room and spend a time in the Word and prayer. It's definitely not a lot, but it's my time to surrender and give up my day to the Lord. It was hard to get into that routine because you are constantly thinking of things that need to be done. It's so hard to stay focused on Christ, Husband, Children, but for me I feel like I;m a better mom when I'm loving Christ 1st then Jarrett the best that I can, putting his needs before mine - one thing I do is make sure I'm home everyday when jarrett comes home from work and even if I'm in the middle of playing with Eden we get up and greet him at the door with a kiss...And I'm hoping that makes him feel special! Sorry for all the rambling, but I hope that helps a little!
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