The Legacy My Husband Is Leaving For His Kids
The Legacy My Husband Is Leaving For His Kids
Today is my husband's birthday and we're spending it celebrating him and everything he is to our family. He woke up this morning to three anxious little boys and homemade birthday cards! My boys love their daddy to the moon and back and couldn't wait to wake him up with birthday wishes!Being a dad is hard work. You're always trying to figure out how to be exactly what your kids need. You want to make sure you're being a great example while also inspiring them to be world changers.It's a lot to carry on your shoulders.Through it all, my husband is leaving a legacy for his children. This legacy is going to teach them what it means to be young men, a dad, and a husband.
3 Lessons My Husband's Legacy Will Teach Our Children
How To Take Care Of Your Family
I talk a lot on the blog about my traveling husband. He's gone frequently throughout the year for work, but what you may not know is that it's hard. Part of the traveling is fun and exciting. He's been able to experience so much because of his job, but he also has to miss out on a lot.However, his kids know how hard he works for them. He even books his tickets so he gets back in the middle of the night so we all get to wake up with him in the morning.My husband is always taking care of us. He works hard to provide for us and always makes sure we're taken care of.
What It Means To Be Vulnerable
As a man and father, you want to teach your kids to be strong. My husband has taught his kids to be strong, but more importantly he's taught them how to be vulnerable.My husband has shown my kids what it means to be imperfect. They know they don't have to do anything to prove themselves to him. All he wants is for them to be real and honest with him.If they're feeling scared, he holds them.If they're feeling discouraged, he empowers them.He's done this by being vulnerable with them. He's the first one to let them know if he's feeling down discouraged. This not only brings them closer together as father and son but will help them as they grow into the men they're becoming.They'll bring this vulnerability into their friendships and even their future marriages.
How To Love Their Future Wife
My husband and I got married when we were really young. We've grown up together over the last seven years. Our marriage has been anything but perfect. We've had our struggles and out triumphs. Throughout it all, he's always loved me.My boys have been able to be blessed with parents that truly love each other. They've never had to worry if we're going to stay together because even while we're fighting, they know we love each other.My husband has shown my kids what it means to truly love their future wife. Love is a feeling and choice. My sons have seen my husband love me through every season without fail.They've seen him love me, even when I'm being crazy.They've seen him love me in the midst of scary times.I know they've seen it because it even affects how they love me, their mom.
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My husband has truly changed our family. He's loved us without fail every day, he's chosen to be vulnerable with us, he's always taken care of us, and he's the reason our kids will grow up to be amazing fathers.