Sometimes, He Has Stuff to Say Too July 16, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Daily Life, Medical School, My Handsome Husband, Parenthood, Thoughts , trackbackI’m a talker.
David’s a talker.
Together, we’re a chatty couple.
Most of the time, when David calls me on his way home from work, I start to data dump. (I rarely meet my daily word quota before he comes home, lucky for him!)
A few days ago, I was sharing the woes of my day. (The laundry! The dishes! Hannah’s not listening! Busy man Dallin is into everything! I’m exhausted!) Really, really, big woes I tell you.
After listening to me rant for 30 minutes straight, I asked him about his day.
He was coming home from a children’s hospital.
The surgeon he works with is a transplant surgeon. They were harvesting organs from a five year old boy.
In that moment, I realized that I had no woes.
Not one.
And for once, he needed me to listen to him more than I needed to talk.
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great photo for the post…
yes its a good reminder that sometimes our hubby’s need us to listen too( coming from another talker wife
Wow. What a learning moment.
Puts it all in perspective………..
That world is a completely different world. I remember that when Ryker passed away, 10 days before Christmas, I could not handle the fact that there were Christmas presents for him, wrapped and under the tree. So I my husband that we needed to unwrap them and take them back right away. So we got back in the car, in complete and utter shock and drove the short distance to Target. We walked up to the return counter, and handed them an item. They asked if there was anything wrong with the items. In my head, I was screaming “yes, they were purchased for our precious little baby boy that died a few hours ago” but simply told them no. We walked away, and I said to my husband “I do not think they could even begin to understand how our life has changed today, just look at everyone, acting as if nothing in the world was different.” We than purchased the containers to pack Ryker’s things away. Until you have been in that world, you do not know. Even now, there are times I forget.