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Dear Reader,
My husband has been having terrible problems with his computer all day long. It's 9 p.m. and he's still battling the computer demons. I spent most of the day in the living room reading a book and doing some writing. But periodically, I'd peek into his office to check on the progress of things.
Whenever my husband has a problem, I want to try to help him. But when he's solving computer hardware or software problems, I'm usually not any help. My approach with computers is on a need-to-know basis. And I don't feel that I need to know too much, because there are plenty of other people around who seem to thrive on the challenge of fixing a computer. To me, it's really boring stuff.
But even though I can't be a troubleshooting buddy, I still lend my support: I make him dinner, keep his diet Dr. Pepper glass filled with crushed ice and soda, and I can commiserate, "Gee honey, what an awful thing to have happen." And I'm his cheerleader, too, "I know you're going to figure it out. You always come up with an idea." But at the moment, I've run out of "comfort things" to do for him, so I've decided to pull up a chair and just sit in the room with him.
I'm not sure if my just being there makes him feel better or not. But I know that when I'm distressed, or ill, my husband sits next to me in the room and it's comforting. If I'm worried and having trouble falling asleep, he promises not to drift off before me. Knowing that he's sitting right beside me, keeping watch, I quickly fall asleep.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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