Cooking Is Like Marriage or 'I' For Incomplete
Monday, August 31st, 2009
• Weekend Challenge Review•
The recap of our cooking challenge can be given in two words: WE FAILED. We had every good intention of completing the challenge but didn’t get the job done. In the grand scheme of our marriage it is a minor failure, but it has me thinking about the ways that we view failure in marriage. The more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve realized that I’m happy to have failures in our marriage. Failures occur when expectations are not met. If we didn’t have any expectations then it would be impossible to fail. Practically, a surefire way to avoid failure in marriage is to expect a boring, back-stabbing, and pointless marriage.
Overall, the Weekend Challenge has been good to our marriage. It keeps us from getting ourselves into a stagnant routine, and it allows us to expect great weekends.
Incomplete. This is the status of this past Weekend Challenge. We were unable to find a cooking class. It was a bit disappointing; however, it is on the top of our To Do list. The weekend wasn’t a complete bust. We took advantage of beautiful weather and grilled for dinner Saturday evening. I enjoyed couch time as we watched Sunshine Cleaning. Pierce wasn’t necessarily thrilled by my selection but relaxing outweighed a less than stellar film.
We aren’t attached at the hip by any means over the weekends. As Pierce and I are both students we took the necessary time apart to study and focus on school. In review of the Weekend Challenge I find that improvisation is key to having fun weekends and valuing each and every one.
Pierce, that is a fantastic overview! When your marriage becomes a routine to you and your spouse, the value of your marriage starts to go down. If you sense that things are falling into a downward spin, lock arms and pull each other up!
CharmaineG
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