Words of Reflection from my Husband
Guest Post: from my husband My wife has graciously asked me if I would give my perspective on the most recent lesson in our healing process. On a recent Friday morning, I took advantage of the last dry unseasonably warm day of December to chop leaves in our yard. This entails driving the mower in circles and reducing piles of leaves to chopped mulch. It can be pretty mindless work but it gives me time to reflect and meditate. As I was mowing, my mind wandered and I found myself imagining a text conversation with a woman I have worked with. Nothing in the conversation was blatantly inappropriate (read: sexual) but it was certainly more familiar than a married man should be having with a woman who is not his wife. At some point, I stopped the imaginary conversation and started talking to myself. Why was I doing this? I knew where this kind of banter could lead. It had led me down a path that almost ended in the destruction of my marriage. So, why am I looki