How important is your husband to you?

Does he know that?

Or does he feel like another item on your to do list?

As wives and moms, we have a lot of responsibilities. Carpool, lunches, laundry, dishes, homework, not to mention jobs outside of the home. Our to do list seems never ending. Often our husbands end up at the bottom of that list or they are left off completely.

We keep thinking, “Oh he’ll understand.”

But will he?

The Golden Rule

As women we have a deep desire to hear how much we are loved and appreciated. We owe our husbands the same respect. But we need to not only tell them they are important to us, we need to show them by sharing our lives with them.  There are several ways we can do this.

Set Aside Quality Time

We need to be reconnecting with our husbands every day. This could be at the end of the work day or right before bed or over the phone during his lunch hour. The time doesn’t matter. The important point is that we block out all distractions and concentrate solely on our husbands.

Talk Openly and Honestly

We can’t assume our husbands always know what’s going on in our world. They can’t read our minds. We should share our thoughts, our problems, our joys and our heartbreaks with them. Sometimes they have incredible insight that comes from intimate knowledge of us.

Actively Listen and Fully Support

It’s not enough to just hear our husband talking; nodding our head and saying yes at all the right intervals. We must actively listen to their cares, concerns and desires. Not only is it important that we listen, but we should also give them our full support. They need to know they have our support even when the rest of the world is telling them it’s impossible.

Sharing Life

The reason we married in the first place was to share our lives with the one we loved more than any other. We can’t lose sight of that in the busyness of life. We have to show our husbands how important they are to us by spending time discussing the cares of life with them.  We can even talk about that never ending to do list. Besides once they know what’s on the list, they might just be willing to help with it.