Friday, August 07, 2009

What a Man Does

Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church
and gave himself up for her...
Ephesians 5:25

In our house it looks like this, lately:

  • Holding your wife's hair back while she vomits repeatedly.
  • Massaging her back and praying for her even when you are sleep deprived yourself.
  • Caring for the children alone and reminding them to "let mommy rest."
  • Going to the store for Poise pads because your wife is so sick she cannot cough/vomit/sneeze without wetting her pants.
  • Taking out the trash full of those used pads without complaint.
  • Seeing past all the disgusting body fluids and telling your wife she is beautiful and that you love her.
  • Praying with your sons for their mommy when she can hear you. Praying with your wife when your children can hear you.
  • Being a pillar when you are rear-ended by a car three times your own cars size.
  • Handling all the details with the insurance company while still managing to communicate with your wife so she won't feel anxious or worried.
  • Grocery shopping, diaper changing, laundry, lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.
  • Staying home from work to care for your family even though you have a big conference to prepare for.
  • Knowing that it will raise the water bill but still being supportive of your wife when she takes 5 showers a day just because it is only thing that makes her feel better.
  • Shopping for a new car seat all by yourself after the accident. And then installing it. By yourself.
  • Staying up at night with your wife because her fragile, pregnant body is reacting badly to her new medicine.
  • Checking on her every time you hear her in the bathroom coughing up her lungs.
  • Offering to make food, tea, water bottles, etc for your sick wife.
  • Choosing "chick flicks" at the library instead of war movies because you know your wife could use the distraction.
  • Watching them with her and rubbing her back.
  • Kissing your wife on the forehead every night.
  • Driving your wife to Labor and Delivery because she hasn't felt the baby move all morning.*
  • Taking care of all the paperwork and the children while she gets hooked up to an IV for fluid.
  • Taking the children out of the hospital before they go crazy and buying them Strawberry Pop Tarts because it is the dad thing to do.

I could list all the ways Geary has given himself up for me in the past eight days forever but I think you get the idea. He is an amazing husband, my best friend, a model of Christ's love, and a true man. I am honored and blessed to be his wife and when I get over this horrible, horrible sickness I am going to pay him back so good!
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*The baby is fine, by the way. Turns out all my cough medicine was just making him extra drowsy.


5 comments:

  1. Oh, I hope you feel better soon, you poor sweetie! And your hubby is fab, but we all knew that. Hang in there!

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  2. Oh Jeana... I hope/pray you feel better so soon. I'm glad that Geary has been so supportive of you... what a great husband!

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  3. How awesome is this Jeana? You are blessed. We are blessed to have such wonderful husbands that love us to the Nth degree.

    Hope you feel better soon love.

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