I guess you noticed that there was no blog entry this week. I had a reason. I knew that I would be away from you, it would make me very sad and it would prompt me to give you a daily entry of the better part of a week.
A year has passed since I stopped traveling so much. So being away seems so much harder now. I know time will pass very slowly this week. Minutes will seem like hours and hours like days. In reality, the 5 days will be 5 days and I will then be back at home with you where I belong.
More than a year ago (January 2010), I started counting down the days until we were home together every day. Do you remember the countdown in the blog? 90 days, then 60 days, etc. That time seemed to take forever. As I counted down those days I had some concern that we had learned to be apart from each other so well, that being together all the time might be a problem. How would we respond to not having a weekly “coming home” feeling or a weekly “separation”? At times it made me nervous.
Boy was I wrong. Being with you every day is how it should be all the time. Being able to wake up with you every day. Fall asleep with you every night. Watch our TV shows together, eat our meals together, run errands together…. Just “be” together. Nothing makes me happier. Nothing makes me smile more.
There is an irony to this all. While you refer to the past year as a “tough” year, I think exactly the opposite. It has been one of the best years of our marriage. While we have had many challenges, I think as couple it was our best year. I have never been more in love with you. We have never been happier. We have managed to face every challenge together and we have beaten them all. 2010-2011 will be landmark time in our history. I promise you when we look back on it, it will be remembered fondly and age like a fine wine.
So I start now counting down the days until Friday. When I get to see the one person I love more than anything again. It will be like having a fantastic birthday present waiting for me.
You’re the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.
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