Entry 3 #Dearfuturehusband by Tobi Olasubulumi

 

 

#DearfutureHusband,

 

I look forward to the day I will meet you and I hope we meet in good health and in perfect state of mind.

 

If you would develop the habits of determination and hard work, notwithstanding the circumstances you that shape you.

I know you cannot be perfect, So

If you would show me your faults without inhibitions

If you would let me help you through your stress, your fears and your tears

If you would let me take care of you unhindered

If you would let me carry a part of the heavy burden nestling upon your shoulders

And if in all your selflessness, you remember to consider yourself

 

If you would show me that other side of you others do not have the privilege to encounter

If you would be transparent and open, shutting up your manly ego, involving me in all your affairs

If you would let us work together, and be a team, rather than a boss and servant

If you would allow me to contribute, to support and encourage you on our way to the top

If you would make a name for us and not just yourself

And if in your time of success, you do not wipe me off your mind

 

If you would learn to be patient with me despite my shortcomings

If you would correct me in love

If you would be there to show me the right path when I am wrong

If you would patiently lead and guide teaching me in areas where I am ignorant

If you would crave, just as much as I will to right the wrongs we will commit against each other

 

If you would be loving and caring and leave me without any shadow of doubt about it

If you would take time to listen and pay attention to me

If you would not discard my crestfallen demeanor as others would

If my worried state moves you to act

If you stand up for me in all situations and against all and sundry

 

If you remain a rock through my hardships

If you accompany me to all the doctor’s appointments

If you are there with me when their first ultrasounds are taken

If you are there to share the joy as we listen to their first heartbeats and determine their sexes

If you hold my hands as the rewards of our labour are brought into this world

And if you are there to gaze into their eyes as welcome additions

If their midnight calls are not a burden, but a happy song in your ears

If their nappies are not repulsive but an attraction

If their ramblings are beautiful sounds to you

If the sound of their gurgling envelopes you

If their belching puts a smile on your face

And if their snores are your lullaby

 

If you encourage and support them

If you help train and bring them up in the way of the lord

If you do not spare the rod against them, lifting it at necessary times

If you would shield them from the horrors of this world

And expose them to the realities of life

If you would give them the quality time that they deserve

And teach them morals and whatnots

If you gently push them even when they disappoint you

If you would love them all, leaving none to feel left out

 

And most importantly,

If you wake to commit them and myself into Gods hands

And pray earnestly for us as I do as often as possible

 

If and if only

 

Yours Forever

To love and Cherish

Your Future Wife