Taking Care Of Business 5/6/2016

Good Morning,

We woke up in Door County Wisconsin which makes this Door County Country Morning Blend Coffee even sweeter. A few more days and our vacation will be over.

We have been resting and visiting with my Dad for the last few days. I am well rested up now and can head into the next days exploring antique shops, watching sunsets with Rene and doing pretty much whatever she likes to do. I will stock up on some dried cherries from Door County and some other sweet treats. But most of all, these next few days will be spent letting Rene know how important she is to me.

I heard a couple of guys talk about spending time with their wives and they called it "taking care of business". This inferred, that in order to do the things that guys like to do they needed to get in touch with their sensitive sides and do something with their wives. It seems as if these couples keep score of what they do and how often. We do not do that.

Ephesians 5:25New International Version (NIV)

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Rene and I both have hobbies that we do without the need to drag the other person along. She has come along on a pheasant hunts just to take pictures. I have dress shopped with her to find the right dress for a wedding or two. But I hunt with the guys and she shops at will most of the time.

These vacation times are spent together and allow us to reconnect away from the house, work, church, and normal daily life. We talk all day long, I read or look for the items Rene has on her "must find antique list". We dine out at whatever strikes our fancy and sleep in just a little late. Frozen custard is a must and a sunset is mandatory.

This is just what Rene loves to do. I don't count this as taking care of business, but taking care of my wife and life partner. During the time walking through Door County she will point out the cheese shops and ask "are we going in"? I love to explore cheese shops and taste different cheeses and capture new recipe ideas. Rene could take it or leave it. But to her, stopping in the cheese shop is like "taking a kid to Toys R Us". She finds amusement and joy watching me drool over cheese. The cheese stop always finds us eating some cheese and crackers along the shore of Lake Michigan. We use my pocket knife to slice the cheese and sit and watch the waves come in and the sun go down.

Neither one of us considers this "taking care of business". This is play time that allows us to be young again, and show each other attention. Attention that goes neglected due to demanding schedules and just plain life. This is banking precious time for those days when the furnace is broke, work schedules are 12 hour days and sleep is a luxury. Those days when these other things rob you from being able to say good night or even good morning to each other.

So here's the deal if you don't know what each other likes to do, find out and go and do it. We are lucky enough to know each other like the palms of our hands, so planning takes very little effort.

This is important and should be on your annual bucket list. Put each other first without keeping score. Sacrifice a little, just to see that smile. You can't plan excursions from a nursing home.

Marty