listen to each others hearts

marriage is truly a wonderful thing.
i really believe this.
it is an even better thing when both partners are appreciative of each other, supportive of each other, and listen to each others hearts as a friend, carol barker, recently said.
these are things mark and i have always been....we just for a while it seemed that we lost track of these things.
we let stress, life, work, bills, everthing else step in the way. we never lost each other, just lost the "focus". the focus on each other. on the big picture.
here lately, we have been back on track.
we have been listening to each others hearts.
i really like that phrase.
but its more than a phrase, its a rule to live by.
you can listen to each others words, but we dont always choose to say the right words, or know the right words. we arent always able to say the right words, for any number of reasons.
but if we truly listen to each other, listen deeply, combine what we hear with what we know, realize that there is love and compassion and fear and hopes and dreams... then we can really be there for each other. then we can really be the person God wants us to be. we can be the wives and hubbys, the moms and dads, the friends, the christains that we are called to be.
mark and i have a long and wonderful life together ahead of us.
i am very blessed to have been given such a wonderful husband for myself and father for my children.
i wouldnt be totally honest if i didnt admit that i can loose sight of that, that i can let stress get in the way, that i can get tired of him working all the time and not being able to be here with us and get so frustrated and take him for granted. i do that. i am human. but i am learning and trying and loving and growing.