Sunday, May 3, 2009

An amazing weekend...


Jeff and I went to a marriage enrichment conference this weekend. He did not think it was a good conference, I thought it was good. How's that for a united front? :) I do totally see his point and agree they could have challenged us more, but I really appreciated the time to reflect and learn some new ways to approach and support Jeff. I was actually able to confess something to Jeff that I was not sure how to do before this weekend. Scared out of my wits would be a better description. It gave a good opportunity to discus things that would not have come up without the structure. So I am thankful for the time with Jeff, thankful for his understanding and forgiveness, and thankful for the passionate and unconditional love he offers me. (Even though he drove me crazy with his constant dialogue about how the conference could be better, I came away from it with a better and renewed understanding of who he is.) Two of the things I took away were...

1. The perfect wife does not expect the perfect husband.
2. Strengths pushed to extremes can become a weakness.

There was a whole lot more, but I'll leave it for now.

5 comments:

ATSmith said...

i love your honesty!

hestermom said...

Heidi, I have been loving these posts, they are so encouraging and thought-provoking. And hey, we all need a little reminder to be kind and loving. I hand out these reminders so often, that I sometimes forget to actually PRACTICE. =)

Rebecca said...

Very cool! I don't think we've ever done one of those before. Hmmmm. . .

Christine H. said...

I am so glad you got away, even if you didn't agree with the conference.

heidibelle said...

Thanks for your encouragement ladies. It was really good to get away. Though we did come home every night and it is not quite the same when you are up during the nights changing kids and sheets and fighting over how you are dealing with the kids. :) A for real get away over night is in order for our 10 year. Anyone want to watch our kids for us? It really was awesome to be out together and we did really enjoy each other. It is all part of the stepping stones of growing deeper...