10 Sane Steps for When He Makes You Crazy
Just like you and daddy.
That’s the kind of marriage she said she’d always wanted.
She wanted to love, to laugh, and to hold on the way he and I did. She was only a little girl.
Now here she stands a young woman.
And suddenly it feels more urgent to pack in everything I’ve ever wanted her to know.
But I found myself a bit hesitant to say what was on my heart on this particular day. She pressed me, “What, Mama? What is it?”
I answered slowly and carefully. “I think you should know that some day, at some point, your dream man is going to say or do something that’s going to make you mad. M-A-D. Mad.”
She looked up at me without understanding.
And I continued.
“Well, I know it’s hard to imagine right now, but you should be ready for the eventuality that he WILL infuriate you. As in, make you a little crazy. And when that happens, I want you to remember our conversation today.
Because if you’re not prepared?
It might throw you off. Knock you off your feet. Make you wonder if you’re really meant for each other.”
I felt her lean into me. For a brief moment she was my little girl again, but only for a moment.
Then this lovely young woman beside me asked, “But what…what if we were really, really determined to love each other. Like you and dad. Then he wouldn’t make me crazy-mad would he?”