My Lovey is the one person on this earth that I enjoy fighting with. He knows me. Our arguments are almost always just repeated dramatizations with different topics. I always find myself smiling (or holding back a smile) when we argue. We know each other so well that we could probably each give our first sentence and we could each have the entire argument without the other one present. He makes it fun. It's almost a game to see if we are going to go our usual way or throw out a surprise.
He has my soul. We are currently thousands of miles apart. If I looked to my left and he looked to his right we could each reach out to a different coast in the United States. Distance doesn't change anything. Our bodies are physical apart, but our souls are sitting on a park bench close together. We find support from each other in everything we do. In our time apart, the phrase "my rock" has come up a lot when we mention each other. Life gets very difficult, whether you are keep at nineteen month-old child from harm or if you are maneuvering the challenges of U.S. Army Basic Training. Either way, there is nothing too big or too small that we can not handle when we know the other is believing in us, praying for us, and loving us.
Love is a four letter word that is responsible for taking care of much more than most four letter words. That being said, it is difficult for our love to be expressed in just those four letters. Maybe that is why it takes joy, love, fears, anger, hurt, and pain to truly embrace the gracefulness and grittiness that are embodied between the two of us. Love is something we can't stop expressing. When we became married, we were transformed by a Godly miracle and nothing can reverse that transformation. We are one soul, one mind, and one heart. God has given me a heart at rest in my husband.
Love this Mary! I feel the same exact way about my husband of 31 years (next Wednesday). He is my rock and my biggest cheerleader under any circumstance. After all of these years, he still tells me that I am "so cute" almost daily. It is nauseating to some but I know that there are the few that "get it." After reading your blog, I think that you qualify as one of them. I just want to tell you that it only gets better with time and those silly arguments still may make you chuckle. Bill is gone four days a week but it is like he is still here with me every day. Thanks to modern technology, we probably communicate even more when he is away as we are reminded not to take each other for granted. I just received an email from him this morning, telling me that he is taking me away for three days next week to celebrate our anniversary. I have no idea where but he has given me clues to pack lightly so I assume that it is somewhere warm! Ha! His biggest thrill in life seems to be to surprise me and make me smile. I have no idea why I am so blessed. Just sayin'. Kathy
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy for that lovely comment!!! I'm definitely going to show it to Daniel (if he hasn't seen it already).
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