Mrs. Cranky-Pants (And a 30-Day Challenge)

I'm pregnant. And cranky. I'm dealing with it at work by just staying quiet in my corner and doing as little interacting as possible. I'm dealing with it in social situations by avoiding as many social situations as is polite. (And anyways, WHO in their right mind invites a 6+ month pregnant woman to go dancing at a bar?!) At home though, I'm not really dealing with it. Unless you consider napping "dealing with it". So, who do you think is bearing the brunt of my hormonal outbursts? That's right. MM.

Poor MM. He has been so supportive, helpful, accommodating, comforting, and every nice and wonderful thing a pregnant woman's husband is supposed to be. And how do I repay him? With my snippy retorts and eye rolling every time I get a bit peeved.

Now for those of you who are already mothers or are currently pregnant, you know that it's hard. It is hard to be pleasant every moment of every day, especially when there's a little River Dancer stomping on your bladder and you are experiencing aches, pains, and discomfort like you've never had before. But, it is not impossible.

I started reading "We Are That Family" a few days ago. I just Stumbled Upon it and loved it immediately. Her posts are inspiring, uplifting and convicting. None have been so personally convicting, though, than her post from Tuesday. God meant for me to read her post and take it to heart. You can read "30 Day Challenge For Wives" for yourself. But I'm warning you...don't read it if you don't want God to speak to you and move you to make changes in the way you respond to your husband.

I can't count how many times I've snapped at him even though he's trying to help me or how many times I've rolled my eyes because he wouldn't agree with me. All needless negativity in our marriage. So, starting tomorrow, Friday, May 20, 2011, I am taking the challenge.

What is the 30 Day Challenge? Well, for the next 30 days:
* You can’t say anything negative about your husband …to your husband…or to anyone else, about your husband.
* Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband…to your husband…and to someone else, about your husband!*

Daily encouragement for the 30 Day Challenge can be found here.

Yes, I am committed to this challenge. I'm telling my family about it, I'm telling you readers about it, and I am going to tell MM about it. He reads this blog, so he'll find out about it sooner or later, right? :) I want to build up our marriage, especially before Bunny arrives. There are so many broken homes these days and I want her to know that having a Daddy and Mommy that get along is normal and is God's plan for us (and her!).

Are you willing to take the challenge with me? Even for just a week, a weekend, a day?

What difference could this make in your marriage?

I will be updating at least once a week on my progress throughout the next 30 days. Please lift me up in prayer as I do my best to uplift my spouse.

*This was quoted directly from "We Are That Family's" blog post.