Upon returning from his early morning run this morning Hubs found a welcoming aroma……breakfast cooking. This is something that happened very often in the early years of our marriage. I got up very early, packed his lunch, cooked his breakfast all before getting myself ready for work. When the kids came along this act of kindness happened a little less. Now as we’ve progressed in age, it happens every so often.

Yesterday, Hubs spent a portion of his day off scrubbing floors. This welcomed act of kindness happens more now then it did in our early years of marriage. I’ve spent many years fighting for a change in his thinking, that housework is just the woman’s job.

As I walked through a door at work yesterday the male co-worker ahead of me let the door close in my face. He was in a hurry, we were on a mission. As we drove it occurred to me that maybe he thought I was one of “those girls” and I should hold the door for him. As a woman working outside of the home now for 36 years I’ve experienced the positive and mostly negative effects of women’s lib in the workplace. It is still a fight, as the majority of blue collar jobs are still operating in an environment where men’s thinking is still that women are weak and less important. She may be earning equal pay, she may be doing the same job he is but his view of her is still the same and his acts of kindness show it.

Upon our return my co-worker was two steps ahead of me, he grabbed the door handle and turned back to look then held the door for me. His act of kindness touched my heart and left me with a feeling of value. It encourages me because I feel that some men have changed their thinking.

I do open doors for men from time to time. I do it as an act of kindness and to show the other person that I value them.
And yes I’ve burnt my bra, but that was just one time around the patio fire because the underwire was bent and driving me nuts……………

Join me today (men and women) as we show value to one another through acts of kindness!