Let Him Be the Center
For a woman, it's a beautiful thing to look back and know you did your best as a mother or a wife, to know you poured into those lives with much love and gusto. I'm sure that's the same for a man about being a husband and a father. How amazing it is to feel that everything you did, even the tough things, was for your family's benefit. I know most definitely there were hard days too and times when you felt the guilt for not measuring up to the expectations you or society have. Overall though, we do the best we can and know how. Can I give you a piece of advice? Your kids will grow up, move out, have careers, have families of their own, and make their own decisions. As well they should. If you raised them to be responsible for themselves then you did your job. You will no longer be at the center of their lives, and they shouldn't be the center of yours either. Truth is, you may or may not grow old with the one you married. ...
