Rabba dabba ding dong doo!
I’ve heard it said that God gave men wives and children to keep us humble. Whoever said that was right! My wife and kids are God’s primary way of revealing my inner depravity. Last night I came home from a long day at work ready to relax and my house was full of cranky people! My wife was fed up with my children, my two older boys were fighting, and my little one was teething! That made me cranky too! So when my wife or one of the kids started complaining I would say nonsense words back to them and end the string of gibberish with the statement “that’s all I hear!!” Something like this- “but Daddy he…..” and then I would butt in with “shoop shap diddly do bop de dong! That’s all I can hear coming out of your mouth!” I know you’re thinking “what a jerk!” but I am just trying to be transparent. It was several moments later that I reallized how completely inappropriate my behavior had been. This is my family! They have had a rough day and I won’t even give them 30 seconds to tell me about it. I invalidated them and made them feel like their words were unimportant to me, which in turn means that THEY are unimportant to me. That could not be further from the truth. I deeply love and cherish my family. They are my highest earthly priority and they deserve my attention and affection. I publicly apologize to my wife and my boys right here and now for my rude and unacceptable behavior! If anybody deserves my time and my ear it is you please forgive me.
