tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post6684309193813277374..comments2024-03-27T03:25:08.267-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: Husbands and WritingDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-45281786492038783862008-02-04T18:47:00.000-08:002008-02-04T18:47:00.000-08:00I think it's a wonderful asset to a writer wife if...I think it's a wonderful asset to a writer wife if her husband is good at looking after lots of nitty gritty details that can drive writer-types bananas. My husband is like that, and I have many more writing opportunities because of that than I would if he were as impatient with mundane things as I am.Mrs. Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05660178013279134792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-61970641534620900612008-02-04T05:31:00.000-08:002008-02-04T05:31:00.000-08:00Right on! The more I read your blog, the more simi...Right on! The more I read your blog, the more similarities I find between us--and now our husbands. I have also felt blessed to have a husband who does not stand in the way of my writing, even though he is not a reader. He has read only two of my six books. <BR/>An Anabaptist woman CAN be a wife, mother, homemaker, and writer (in that order) but she must have a supportive husband. And she must also be so compelled from within to write that she takes time to do it, for the other responsibilities that come with marriage can easily become thorns that choke out writing time.<BR/>A husband does not need to be a reader to be married to a writer, but he DOES need to be supportive of his wife's callling.Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446145686803915738noreply@blogger.com