Every Tuesday night I have boy scouts (I’m assistant Scoutmaster) and then I play some basketball at the church with some of the other members of my church and some teenagers who run circles around me. This week was different. Meag had a good morning however when I called as I was coming home she seemed frustrated. She had a hard day dealing with the girls not listening to her. Maddie is a determined little girl and she will sit their and pinch Meag until she bleeds if Meag doesn’t pay attention to her. Usually Maddie only does this when she wants to watch Signing Time. This afternoon was one of those times. Maddie started off by asking Meag if she could watch Signing Time by pinching…that’s not a good idea. Right off the bat Meag is in a bad mood and is determined that Maddie doesn’t deserve to watch Signing Time because of the pinching…who blames her.

With all that said when I got home Meag was in a bad mood and was frustrated with the girls. Meag mentioned that she needed to go to the store to pick up some pectin to make some blueberry jam, yum! I said “great! we’ll come too!” and that’s is when I got “the look”. The “I need a break” look. I then got the novel idea that she call up one of our friends Kim and go get the pectin and a Starbucks as well. After some coercion I was able to get Meag out the door with Kim. I then proceeded to bathe the girls, read stories, say prayers, and put them in bed. This is a true brownie points deal for me, but that is not the way I looked at it tonight. I thought of all the hard work that Meag invests in our family that goes unnoticed. All the cleaning that she does and the involvement she has with the girls especially Maddie’s early intervention. Meag is truly an amazing woman. She deserves more breaks than I give her. I have some work to do.

So to all you husbands out there, take note and give your wives a break…they deserve it!