Brent's Blog (25)

Today I listened to my wife. This might sound easy or simple, but I really listened. I did not jump in, or give an opinion...I just listened. I could tell that she welcomed that, and later in the evening, I felt she listened to me.

I was an active listener to her thoughts about work and the world. I notice that I tend to not be a good listener. I often form ideas when someone is speaking and this is not true listening. This is something I will continue to work on.

Today I called my sister on my way home from work just to check in with her and see how things were going. She is getting married this summer and moving into a new house-so things are pretty busy for her right now. I let her know that I would help her move and that we could assist in anything they need help with for the wedding. It was nice to talk to her.

Church today was so amazing! My gift today was to say a lot of prayers for family and friends...It also made me realize that I need to get back to prayer each and every day.

I gave the gift of rest to my wife. She seemed like she needed some extra rest, so I quietly got Jackson and went downstairs. She came down a few hours later feeling and looking refreshed. It was a simple but good give.

Today was a snow day for us! Jackson and I made good use of the day. After we played with toys, colored, and watched some movies-it was time to hit the snow. We fooled around for awhile and threw some snowballs before deciding to make a snowman.

After we got the base and body we made the head. It was then time for Jackson to give the snowman some features. He gave it a real carrot nose, a corncob pipe for the mouth, two eyes made out of coal, a blue scarf and two sticks for…

Today it was forecast that we would get a lot of snow over the next few days. I called to check on my grandmother to see if she needed anything before the strorm hit. She was happy to know that I was thinking of her but she declined.

It turns out that she had everything she needed and she was just hoping that she didn't lose power.

Our house became a disaster area when we all got sick. Everything was left around since we had zero energy. My wife felt well enough to go to work, so I stayed home with Jackson, who was still not himself. As we spent the day together, I took a lot of time to clean and sanitize everything I could. I also washed all the bedding and did some laundry. My wife was very pleased when she came home from work.

My give today was to help make life easy for my wife and son. We were all really sick. After getting home from the basketball game all of us ended up getting the flu. In fact within about two hours-we were all getting sick. It really hit us hard. We did not sleep at all last night.

Day 20: Today I gave the gift of taking the family to the diner for lunch. We had a nice meal together and my son Jackson ordered me a chocolate milk so I could drink the same thing he was drinking. It was a day when we were not in a hurry and we just enjoyed the time together. We even had dessert!

Day 21: I decided to take my parents and my family to a local college basketball game. The best part about this give was that when I went to pay for the tickets, the woman in the…