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It can be anybody significant. Wife,husband,bf,gf,mom,dad.. Anybody.
My mother was going threw a rough patch so I found 12 pictures of us from the past and made her a calender with all the significant days (b-days anniversary's etc.) in it.
I just paid my son's tuition bill. Does that count?
No, seriously...
My husband works long, hard hours. A few years back, he had worked 12 days in a row (including the weekend.) and had eaten lunch and dinner at his desk every day. He left before our son got up in the morning and came home after he went to bed. When he was about at his breaking point, I packed a really nice dinner, bundled up our baby, and suprised him for a picnic dinner. I don't think he even ate. He just held our son the whole time and kept telling him how much daddy missed him. I knew I had done a good thing.
It can be anybody significant. Wife,husband,bf,gf,mom,dad.. Anybody.
My mother was going threw a rough patch so I found 12 pictures of us from the past and made her a calender with all the significant days (b-days anniversary's etc.) in it.
I don't keep track of these things I'm afraid.
The one thing that did pop in my head was the day I was stopped at a redlight at a big intersection right next to a homeless guy. Suddenly the skies opened up and it began to pour. I spontaneously opened my window and handed him my only umbrella. Does this count?
It can be anybody significant. Wife,husband,bf,gf,mom,dad.. Anybody.
My mother was going threw a rough patch so I found 12 pictures of us from the past and made her a calender with all the significant days (b-days anniversary's etc.) in it.
On a regular basis, my son and I would gather up toys at Christmas time from where we both worked and take them down to the homeless shelter. We also at one time, provided the shelter with a tree and ornaments and put the gifts under it. The faces on those kids and their parents gave me a warmth in my heart that I don't think can ever be duplicated. As time went by, things changed healthwise for me and I haven't been back down to the shelter for a time. Maybe this year it is time to change that.
Who knows what counts and on whose agenda. I listen, hear, help when I can, do whatever it takes and what's within my resources to contribute to my community and to my friends when they need me. Part of being a human being, isn't it?
Years ago, I became good friends with a patient of the practice I worked at. When he got the news he was terminal it was devastating but, during his time in the hospital, he really had a good day where everything tasted good and so I brought him his favorite food, he died a few months later and at his funeral, his family said I was the only friend that came to see him when he was really sick because everyone else was afraid and that made me feel really good.
I've done a number of sweet things over the years for various people. Some appreciate it more than others. One time, I had a friend who had the flu, but couldn't call in sick and had to go to work despite feeling awful. So I ran out, got her some soup, and brought it to her office.
It can be anybody significant. Wife,husband,bf,gf,mom,dad.. Anybody.
My mother was going threw a rough patch so I found 12 pictures of us from the past and made her a calender with all the significant days (b-days anniversary's etc.) in it.
I got an ex of mine a real good job and benifits. He even moved to a town near me with his wife. He is now head senior of the math department everything must go to him first. Hmmm from a dumb pre-k teach.
I just paid my son's tuition bill. Does that count?
No, seriously...
My husband works long, hard hours. A few years back, he had worked 12 days in a row (including the weekend.) and had eaten lunch and dinner at his desk every day. He left before our son got up in the morning and came home after he went to bed. When he was about at his breaking point, I packed a really nice dinner, bundled up our baby, and suprised him for a picnic dinner. I don't think he even ate. He just held our son the whole time and kept telling him how much daddy missed him. I knew I had done a good thing.
you have pinched my nerve. A few weeks ago I had worked six 12 hour days in a row. I was only able to see my 3 year old daughter for about 10 minutes per day for those 6 days.
After all those hours, I came home I hugged my daughter very tight and began to cry uncontrollably for 20 minutes. I have never had such emotions like that before especially about missing my daughter I spent the entire day with her and told her how much daddy missed her. Even though she's 3 years old, she understands how much I miss her.
I understand what your husband was going through. it's a living nightmare not being able to see his kids, and to protect them.You did the right thing VBmom.
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