Read Part One HERE
In this post I continue to share from a story told by teacher and writer Nancy Campbell in her magazine "Above Rubies."
The story is about a couple named Connie and Jim with Connie giving the details of their lives together as printed in "Above Rubies.". I will follow up her statement with my comments.
Connie: "I did not see my husband Jim for two and a half years because he was in prison. He then came home. After a year he began to commit crimes. In between he would come come back home, after he had been missing for 4-5 months each time."
Mt Comment
It is not surprising that Jim went back to crimes since that was his pattern. Sadly Connie did not take up her responsible task of "ezer kenegdo" or "equal partner" to speak into his life by letting him know in no uncertain terms that he cannot continue his life of crime, especially because there were children involved. Since she did not take action by, for instance, removing herself and her children and not allowing him to return to the marital home, he carried on committing these crimes in the knowledge that she and the children would be waiting for him when he tired of committing these crimes. She was in a way aiding him in his behaviour, even though she knew it was wrong, by not taking active measures.
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