
The plane landed and I hurriedly walked to meet my ride. After having been gone for a five day business trip, I was eager to meet my family at my son’s flag football game. After we shared hugs and heard about the kids’ week, my husband informed me that he had moved everything out of our office to install some carpet. “Oh!” I said, trying to manage my surprise. He went on to say, “I labeled anything that I moved and organized it in bags and laundry baskets so you can find it.” Unsure what to say next, I replied, “Wow, that was a lot of work!” Inside, I was a mess of emotions ranging from, “Oh my, I wasn’t ready yet!” to, “I can’t believe he moved all my paperwork! How will I find…” to, “He was just trying to finish a project we had been planning,” to, “Don’t blow up. He put a lot of work into this. Show him respect. Calm down. It had to be done at some point.” Read More