Saturday, April 4, 2020

Good Afternoon

Here is to another day of isolation.

We talk to our neighbors from a distance. Not too close, not too far. At our home it is just John and I.
It is fairly easy to manage. At Becky's house there is her husband and the three children. Her job is secure and she is more busy than normal dealing with all of the customers. On the hand her husband was furloughs from his job. For what he does there is simply no need in the present circumstances.


Being busy with work Becky has put her husband in charge of the children. Every morning early, before the children wake, the two of them have a short meeting. In the meeting she briefly goes over his plans for the day-home work, house work, and misc. responsibilities.  The system works well she tells me. On most days he accomplishes more than she intended. The children are keeping up with their school work. Of course for the little one there is not much to do. In the beginning she was concerned with noise coming from the children that clients could hear on the phone. After doing this for a week or so she decided the noise didn't really matter in that everyone is more or less doing the same thing.

Once the children are put to bed she and her husband have a late evening cocktail. It is her favorite time of day she tells me. It also gives them another time to talk, catch up on the news, and think about things. 'We will get through this', she has told her husband on many occasions. When he tends to get nervous she has a way of calming him down. This is perhaps one of the reasons why she is such an effective mistress to her husband. She understands him, his needs, his hopes as well as his strengths and weaknesses. The though occurred to me that a true mistress is at their best when things are at their worst. And maybe, this is a line that should be repeated. Lets say it together; a true mistress is at her best when things are at their worst.

In these times of difficulty show confidence in the lady in your life. Show her that you are there for her. Show her your love, your devotion, and your caring.

Love you all,


Kathy



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mistress Kathy

Thank you for your frequent post.

It is like Christmas with so many gifts.

Stay Well
jj

Wishful4 said...

Mistress Kathy, I Haven't commented much lately, but I am always here reading your blog posts. I think you are correct. I tend to get kind of worried and upset about what is going on presently. My spouse is the cool one and says, "We will get through this". Each day she plans what we are going to do and assigns chores. We have actually got a lot done by staying home that probably wouldn't have gotten done otherwise. The high numbers of illness in your state worries me and we are just next door. Thank you for your reassuring blog and I pray you and John stay healthy and safe.

tiptease said...

a true mistress is at her best when things are at their worst.
a true mistress is at her best when things are at their worst.
a true mistress is at her best when things are at their worst.

Love Tiptease