Hugging and Smooching

Well... it was that time of year again... time for our Annual Marriage Retreat. Sydney and I, as always, had a great time hanging out with each other and enjoying friends as well. This was our tenth year of going to this Marriage Retreat and we can honestly say that it was just as fun as the first year... although, the talent show has gone by the wayside... which we need to revive... but other than that, it was fun. Sydney and I both agree that we don’t believe that our Marriage would be as strong had we not gone to this Marriage Retreat every year. We didn’t do a whole lot... just hung out with each other and went to the sessions that were planned. One of the Sessions was centered on keeping the Presence of God in our House and in our Marriage and one was focused on the women this year and the importance of respecting their husbands. (Last year we focused on the men and the importance of loving our wives.) One comment that Joan, one of the presenters made, was that she didn’t want to let the husbands off the hook... but that it was important that women were still willing to respect their husbands even when they didn't agree with them. After the session I approached her and said... “You know, I don’t think we are wanting our wives to ‘let us off the hook’ ... I just think we just want them to give us a break from time to time. Show us that they do respect us. I think that doing what is right by our wives is something that is ingrained in us... it’s just that when, as a man, you don’t feel like your wife respects you... you figure ‘what’s the point.’ So if our wives affirm us by telling that they respect us... then, we will surpass any expectations that they may have ever had.”

Anyway, it was a good time... and our marriage is tuned up again. Ready for another 10,000 miles.