The past several weeks have been utterly crazy. :) I worked full-time, finished up my university coursework for my classes (I am also a full-time student through an online, distance learning program), and then had a week off to visit friends and extended family. The week off was absolutely wonderful! It was originally going to be just for the weekend, for a retreat with my friends from my previous university, but it extended into a trip to visit my extended family in the area, and then I ended up staying with a sweet friend of mine and her family. It was very much a spiritual retreat time, and although I missed my husband terribly, so much grace came from the week. :)
When I came back, my husband enacted a more intensive training program for me. I began praying my daily prayers and my spiritual reading ("Holiness for Housewives"), and crazy things started happening! LOL
First, I fully surrendered to the guidance of the Spiritual Reading. I began to look at my life as my own unique vocation-- something not to be compared with anyone else's-- and to see everything in it as my own particular way to sanctity. It completely changed my outlook on my coursework and job. God also provided me the grace to be able to obey my husband in a more tangible way: I went into work on the following Tuesday and at the end of the day, was layed off. This was not of my own accord, and my boss reassured me that if circumstances changed any, I would be the first to know, and could have my job back. So, I became again became a stay-at-home wife! Which is exactly what my husband had been desiring for some time. I had truly wanted to do his will, but had been torn between my obligation for the family I worked for, as taking the job had been their answer to prayer, and finding the right time to be able to obey my husband and quit. Amazing to see how God worked it out for me! :)
So now I am a housewife again. YAY! Now I can wake up, work out at the gym, devote my full attention (as opposed to my half-hearted, stressed, and exhausted attention, lol) to coursework during the day. The moment my husband walks through the door, I'm all his! I'm so excited to greet him when he walks through our doorway! Then I hop back into the kitchen to finish dinner! After his breif relaxation and respite from the stresses of the day, we enjoy one another's company over a simple meal. Evenings are spent in the enjoyment of one another... either cuddling or some instance of my training. Oh, it is truly a blessing to be a stay-at-home, Traditional wife!!! *grin!!!*
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Maya
22/3/2009 01:15:23 am
I think you should let your husband know that there is a soap called Miracle II that you can find on the internet that is actually very safe for consumption. Your mouth is very pourous and what you take in it will be absorbed into your bloodstream within seconds. If he chooses to wash your mouth out, it should not be with anything other than Miracle II. I have visited your site for the first time, and did not know how to write under the correct post where you said he did this. Your safety should be key.
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Traditional Wife
22/3/2009 02:25:34 am
Thank you, Maya! My husband and I appreciate your comment! :) He will look into this for me-- although I hope a soaping will not be a regular occurrence! *shudder* Thank you, also, for visiting the site! I wish you all the best in your own endeavors. :)
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Tricia
23/3/2009 02:48:27 am
Dear Traditional Wife,
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