Absence Makes....

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder",

How many times have we heard this popular phrase? I never really put much homage into it until very recently.  Now some may think for me when I'm saying the above phrase it would be in reference to my unemployed startus, being absent from working.  This actually could be further from the truth!!!  I realy have enjoyed being home with the family, it is a time that I have embraced and cherished and while there is never really a "good" time to be unemployed and worrying about every penny you spend, this happened at the right time for me, I needed it. 

So with that being said what I really miss is....my wife.

 Now call me a softy,  call me whipped and that's all fine but I definately see things from  her perspective now.  And what I mean by that is if I ever had to work late or go in early or stay in Jersey or travel to a meeting etc. etc.. I really never put much thought into calling my wife and telling her plainly and matter-of-factly that I had to work late.  Never really thought about how that made her feel or my girls feel..until now.  Getting a call from her saying that she was going to stay late at work to finish up some things kinda got me bummed.  I was looking forward to her short day and now that was postponed. Now I am in no way writing this to put her on a guilt trip or make her upset simply because put in that situation again, I know I would have to do the same thing, just as she does now..work is work money is money and we all know that money makes the world go round.  Just simply stating that this is yet another example of taking things for granted and sometimes taking other peoples feelings for granted. 

Lesson learned for me.