Today I feel like super dad!  My wife has a nasty cold and has not felt well all day. I must say, if I did not realize how much she did before getting sick, I sure do now. Last night for starters, my youngest woke up around 12:30 am. Typically my wife would get her and get her back to sleep. Well last night that was my job. Then at 4:30 am, I had to switch the laundry over so my son would have clean gym clothes, also something my wife would have done. The rest of the day was pretty much the same, I barely went to work, and instead helped in the nursery for her church group (with both my little girls, my son was in school). This gave my wife the chance to get some rest. I got home and prepared lunches and before I knew it, it was time to get my son from school.

As quickly as the morning went by, so did the afternoon. Before I knew it, the day was over, the kids were sleeping and I was out of energy. The house was still a mess from the kids playing but for once, I will say "it can wait until tomorrow". Quite often I come home to see the house torn apart like a storm blew through and get a little frustrated that nothing could get put away. Today I realize why, when you are taking care of two tiny children, and playing mom with lunches and naps and really needing that down time to watch a little TV in-between tantrums, I realized why things are not always neat and tidy.

As I sit here and write this, my beautiful wife whom I love dearly is sleeping (hopefully getting the rest she needs so I can go back to work tomorrow). As for me, I feel like I should have been in bed two hours ago and here its just after 10 pm. I have learned to appreciate my wife all that much more today. I appreciated her before, but today I appreciate her more than ever. It takes teamwork to get everything done. I have come to realize for the kids to be well taken care of, housework may not always happen around my schedule. Kiss your wife like you mean it, tell her you love her and hold her tight for she is the greatest thing to have ever happened to you. (that's what I think of my wife!)