During the first #CircleofWives retreat, I started the discussion with a simple question:
Who taught you to be a wife?
The responses were wide-ranging...
- Mom
- Dad
- Auntie
- TV Shows
- Society
The fact is women learn to be wives from who and what they see around them. The challenge however is that this teaching is not intentional. So, women stumble along the way and some fall in and out of multiple marriages.
Even if you have been married for 20 years, the beginning of the new year is the perfect time to reflect on who taught you to be a wife and list out the things they taught you and how those things impact your marriage today.
If you have a daughter, a niece, a cousin, a mentee...be intentional and talk to her about what it means to be a wife from your perspective.
Create the opportunity for dialogue and let's work to better prepare women to be wives.
I'd love to hear from you about who taught you to be a wife and what were some of the nuggets they shared with you.