Are you ready to go home, Catherine? he asked. Its warm inside the house. I kept a fire going for you.I continued looking at him, unsure how to respond. Thanks, I managed to say and then glanced in the direction of his houseour house. Well, you are my wife. And I know you dont like the cold.Im his wife, I thought to myself. He had said the words as if that simple fact made it necessary to be both thoughtful and kind. As if having gained a wife or husband meant having also gained her or his concerns, and hence the need to consider the persons needs, wants, and preferences as strongly as ones own. It struck me as a perfect description of what marriage ought to be. An agreeable notion that had not entered into my petty way of viewing matrimony. I would have assumed it to be above Thaddeus egotistical mindset as well.Catherine? he said again, watching me regard him with a quizzical expression. Are you ready to go home?I nodded, which made him smile.
About This Quote
About Richelle E. Goodrich
Richelle E. Goodrich.
Themes
- Marriage — Partnership, commitment, and the journey of shared life