Love Dare Day 27

Unrealistic expectations sure do breed disappointment. Today’s reading was a lovely reminder of how we are to encourage and not to “expect”. As you probably know by now my husband is a firefighter. This gives him a very unique schedule. Because when he goes to work he goes for at least 24 hours at a time often times when he comes home I have very unrealistic expectations for you. I expect him to help me with the kids and spend all his time with us as a family. That is the great benefit of him having the schedule he does right? Well shame on me for being so selfish. I need to remember my husband has things around the house he wants to get done and he need to relax in whatever form is relaxing to him and not to me. I am fortunate enough to have a husband who is a very hard worker and who likes to stay busy and on task. I need to encourage him with what a great job he is doing keeping up with the yard and the pool and all the things around the house needing fixing or updating. I need to encourage him for spending time with us as a family. We are so blessed to have so much time together and I often ruin everything with my bad attitude from disappointment because of unrealistic expectations. My husband really is a dream and I don’t know how I would manage anything without him.