She greets me wagging her tail.

It was after that first Dog example that I began to look at how dogs respond to their masters. I mean why do people love their dogs so much. So, I went to work that day. I was still thinking of examples of things that my Dog does when I pulled up in front of the house after being gone half the day. Cubby, was in the window the second I arrived, wagging her tail so hard that her entire body moved. She ran from door to window until I made my way to the door. The second I got in she whined with joy, gave me a gift of an old shoe, and did circles around me of sheer delight. I could not help but smile and pet her and greet her. I thought to myself sheesh, I've only been gone for 4 hours.

After I got in the door, and put my things down. I greeted her again. I again had to smile and it hit me. She is happy to see me. She makes me feel like I am the most important thing in her life ,and that she has been waiting for me. I remembered a while back a friend joking that if it wasn't for his dog no one would greet him when he walked in the door. Had I found another thing that would mean something to my husband that my dog does so easily? I mean most restaurants, businesses, even store today have greeters,So they must know that people like to be made to feel welcome.


I wondered what is it like when most men come home. Most of us women are busy doing 1000 things when their husbands walk in the door. We are making dinner, yelling at the kids or talking on the phone. Perhaps we wave, smile or yell a hi across the house when they walk in the door, but do we really greet them in such a way that they can't help but think "she is happy I am home"?So I asked myself can I adjust my life so that when I think he may be walking in the door, I hang up the phone, set down that spoon and tell the kids to wait a few minutes Daddy is home. Then be there with that smile and hug when he walks in the door. I never found any use for carrying a shoe in my mouth but I did find that this was something my husband really, really responded too.

"Heyy, you really missed me?" That was his first response. Yes I guess I did I said. He smiled and said nice to be missed. I did this for a few weeks when one day I didn't know he was coming in the house and I was in the basement. He was in the house for a minute before I saw him. He said "oh your here, I was missing my greeter." I then asked if he liked me doing that, he said it made it worth coming home. When he left work he know I would be there happy to see him.

Again, I had learned something from my dog. I cannot always do it, but I certainly try to let him know that I am thrilled he walked in that door as often as possible. Sometimes I have to push my dog out of the way to get to him first, and I also taught my kids to greet daddy when he came home from the time they were very young.

Ladies, go head build up your husband. Make him feel like he really is the king coming home and make your self the reason he wants to walk in that door everyday.

A happy husband is greeted as if he has been missed.