Who Is Winning?
“Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:7
He wasn’t too thrilled with the invitation to join me at my counseling appointment. Not sure of many husbands who would be. Yet we both knew its value to our current tailspin. We never planned to be unkind and misunderstand each other regularly. Not us! We thought we would be the couple who always spoke considerately even when disagreeing. This month we celebrate our seventh year of marriage. Sorry to say we’ve gotten a little careless with each other. Thankfully, our marriage is strong and we aim to keep it that way! Counseling is one tool we use to pull out of our circular thinking and recover our flight path.
When we returned home that night we saw Eric and our baby sitter playing Othello together. As he prepared for bed, Jerry and I began playing together. We sat together, sharing a miniature serving of frozen key lime pie custard and playing. It’d been a long time since we had just played. That special dessert had been sitting in the freezer for months waiting for such a “date night.” I felt delighted in the moment we were sharing. Eric came through and asked us, “Who’s winning?” I looked down at the board, over to my husband’s bent head beside me, and back up to Eric. My reply was, “We are!” And we were.
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