A Good Woman

Mom,


       My days have seemed a bit brighter here lately. I haven’t felt as much like a failure as I thought I would since I have given myself a break from school. I haven’t been announcing it to everyone though. I’ve been thinking a lot about Vicki, the girls, work, and writing. You don’t know what is going to come your way or how but time after time things keep coming our way.

       Everything that we experience in life can be used to better ourselves and grow in our understanding. We need to be able to interpret our own situations from different perspectives and see the possible outcomes. Of course there are always things we can’t plan for but that adds the spice to life. Forest Gump’s momma knew what she was talking about.

       I’m going to change my tune here. I just want to say a few things about my marriage. Vicki is a very considerate person. She has a great attitude about so many things. Like everyone she has her rough patches and things she struggles with. Between you and me, I think she’s much better at being considerate and keeping a good attitude than I am. I think that may be why I have been with her as long as I have. In relationships where one partner doesn’t help the other to become a better person, the relationship doesn’t last. Each partner much have strengths and weaknesses that match the other, otherwise what does one really do for the other?

       Vicki and I have been married for nearly 10 years now, but of course you know that. Even now, when Vicki and I are in public together I think about what we look like to others. If I were to look at us I would think we were just dating or at the most newlyweds. Nearly ten years…sounds like a long time to me but it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. My main point here is that I love my wife and my children. I need to become a better person; that’s what our partner in life is supposed to make us want to do and that’s what mine does.

Talk to you later.