Thankfully, Dave arrived home Wednesday from an unexpected two and a half month business trip overseas. Disappointed with the short notice trip, we adjusted and got to it.
“We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.” (Author Unknown)
Adjusting to life’s winds, and gracefully so, is what God desires from this Jersey gal.
While away, I received flowers from a very romantic man…
Hello…I’M A MARRIED WOMAN! What would my husband think about this suitor of mine?
A suitor who just so happens to be royalty,
and maintains a mean fro’ under that crown of his,
while sailing his yacht,
in between football practices,
while being a Viking too!?!?
WOWZERS, do Jersey girls know how to attract the exciting suitors or what?!? Some days I thank God for giving me a hubby who constantly keeps me on my toes and other days….
While separated, the web cam via www.skype.com was the limit of our face to face communication. We “adjusted our sails” to do what we needed to do to keep connected. This is sweet victory as in years past when we both traveled a lot in the military, we didn’t make communication maintenance a priority. It happened when it happened. And, wow did our marriage suffer the consequences of that neglectful maintenance.
Dave downloaded a program to adjust the entertainment “sails” and the boys L-O-V-E-D their Dad’s “costume changes” and I just pretended not to be entertained! The boys sat at the screen and clapped. Skype helped keep us connected. Though I hated having to “schedule” our daily talk time (a seven hour time difference can do that to ya!), we’ve realized great marriages don’t happen on accident.
Being married is easy-schmesy. Staying married and connected, not always so easy. To be honest with you, some seasons Dave and I have felt more like passing ships in the night forget about adjusting the sails, for we weren’t even in the same boat!
Winds blow and storms come, and eventually settle again. Sometimes storms require repeated adjustments and other times, it’s just simply, hang on for dear life!
“Don’t pray to avoid storms, learn to dance in the rain!” Anonymous
Learning how to adjust the winds in the storms and dance in the rain are skill sets I’ve yet to master. But with God, the sky, not Skype, is the limit!
Work with what ya got and leave the rest with God. That sentence was not easy to type but it is the truth!
This Easter, Skype was the limit of seeing Dave, but with God, the SKY is the limit for my marriage, and yours too!
What is your choice today? Will you choose to adjust the sails and dance in the rain with your current storm?
Steph,
You did AWESOMEEEEE! You are so right about everything in your entry. I know it was hard, but God helped both of us through it. Now, we appreciate our marriages more and our funny hubbies.
Love ya, Kathy