Coming Alive

ffice in the morning. She was about to say she was sorry again when he looked at her like she was a nuisance and said, "That is childish

and she had done so because she knew if she lost her courage now, she might not be able to

y," she sa

. I understand that you might not get that since you only stay at home and all, but I have to work. I have to fight for

. If you are not feeling sleepy, you could pray or go do something else. You have plenty o

u this in the morning. And when you are back in the evening, you just want to

, "That was unfair, you know. The jab about me not working. I intended to work, but you stopped me, remember? If you can tell your mom th

lready developing a headache from you waking me up like that. I don't want it

ng his head on the headboard. "Okay, I am sorry. I shouldn't ha

want to say?" He asked, wit

could see the relaxed posture on his

had thought of perfectly in her mind to him. Mathew was a conservative, and discussing that now

they have? She did not want to fight with him.

our next-to-nothing sex life continues lik

re that brazen voice in her head had come from.

o make herself useful by doing what a woman was meant fo

are off into space, you know?" Mathew's voice jolted her, and she s

s since we got married now?" She started with the

Mathew's voice even without the

would have our kids and start our family early?

o face him. "Well, it's been almost two years now!" she excl

ost two years. I have been here too. Two years ago, I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Alt

mentioned dissatisfaction. "You... yo

ghed when he saw her stubborn, disbelieving look. "Oka

me? What things?" S

was not a saint after all, but to be labelled

e. "It's nothing in particular, okay? I just feel that you need to be more gro

ng the rule of a good wife in his rule book "What? I am not a wife enough? How am I not supp

are too emotional. A good wife should learn to

all these c

ouldn't even show my emotions to you, what would that make me? I don'

had something important to say, and no

know I wouldn't complain about you. I love you, but I am not the

you promised to stop doing that? Why am I not s

en talking about my mother, woman. She i

e with me on that. You..." she sighed as she wondered how she had gotten off course. "N

descending tone, "She was right. When we start having babies, th

rounded than this, she would certainly b

efore you...you." She wondered what caused the lump in her

but he was not about to bring that up now

mming eyes as he asked, "What

ired back. Not from the mouth of his sw

back sharply to

ha