Testament to Love
It’s been a while since I have updated on this subject – though it is a subject near and dear to my heart.
I am talking about my love, our love.
For sweetest weekend my fair Knight decided to take us out of town to one of our favourite haunts, Columbus. He took me to the B&B that we went to not long after our engagement. We even had the same room. Our hostess is gracious and has a wonderful humour and makes excellent quiches. The house is filled with antiques but best of all we got to drive down and be in Columbus together.
I adore Erin. I adore our conversations. I adore all the little things he does for me/for us as a couple. I believe in my heart that this marriage is going to work and that I am extremely lucky.
Case in point; I am leaving my job – therefore I am ‘cleaning’ things up. I had to go through all my old voice mails. Out of 90 some VMs, 80 of them were from Erin, just little msgs, telling me he loved me, he was thinking of me, sometimes they contained slightly ‘naughty bits’ – but mainly just heart sent reminders that I am loved. I truly hope I do the same for him.
Last night we took Erin’s daughter K~ to the Democratic HQ in Mentor, OH. She is doing a ‘scrapbook’ about the candidate she chose, Barack Obama. Her eyes lit up and she was greeted and talked to by a very enthusiastic young woman. She was thrilled to be there and a bit overwhelmed. But she was still happy (even though she had to miss a skating party to do this). I am proud of K~, prouder still of dad who probably could have (and in some ways should have) spent this time alone with his daughter but instead asked me to tag along. I am humbled and honoured to be included in such activities. Afterwards, we had to go to a local clinic so I could take a ‘drug test’. We then stopped at a local doughnut shop. On the way there, we passed what Erin and I assumed was a strip joint – we joked about going in together. Leaving the doughnut place, we laughed about the possibility of K~ telling her mom: ‘Hey mom, guess where dad and C~ took me last night (drug testing, strip joint, etc.)..’ – it is moments like this that make me thrilled to be with Erin. We can joke together and have fun; we can have very serious and deep conversations; we have a passionate connection and we are ‘together’ on so many levels – I have never had this in a relationship before.
This morning I was musing about my own mother’s marriage and somehow I feel I have managed to do better than my own parents. Not to compare and contrast, the times were different. However, in terms of a marriage and relationship in general, I feel what Erin and I have together is a rare a precious thing and I hope and pray it lasts forever.
I am talking about my love, our love.
For sweetest weekend my fair Knight decided to take us out of town to one of our favourite haunts, Columbus. He took me to the B&B that we went to not long after our engagement. We even had the same room. Our hostess is gracious and has a wonderful humour and makes excellent quiches. The house is filled with antiques but best of all we got to drive down and be in Columbus together.
I adore Erin. I adore our conversations. I adore all the little things he does for me/for us as a couple. I believe in my heart that this marriage is going to work and that I am extremely lucky.
Case in point; I am leaving my job – therefore I am ‘cleaning’ things up. I had to go through all my old voice mails. Out of 90 some VMs, 80 of them were from Erin, just little msgs, telling me he loved me, he was thinking of me, sometimes they contained slightly ‘naughty bits’ – but mainly just heart sent reminders that I am loved. I truly hope I do the same for him.
Last night we took Erin’s daughter K~ to the Democratic HQ in Mentor, OH. She is doing a ‘scrapbook’ about the candidate she chose, Barack Obama. Her eyes lit up and she was greeted and talked to by a very enthusiastic young woman. She was thrilled to be there and a bit overwhelmed. But she was still happy (even though she had to miss a skating party to do this). I am proud of K~, prouder still of dad who probably could have (and in some ways should have) spent this time alone with his daughter but instead asked me to tag along. I am humbled and honoured to be included in such activities. Afterwards, we had to go to a local clinic so I could take a ‘drug test’. We then stopped at a local doughnut shop. On the way there, we passed what Erin and I assumed was a strip joint – we joked about going in together. Leaving the doughnut place, we laughed about the possibility of K~ telling her mom: ‘Hey mom, guess where dad and C~ took me last night (drug testing, strip joint, etc.)..’ – it is moments like this that make me thrilled to be with Erin. We can joke together and have fun; we can have very serious and deep conversations; we have a passionate connection and we are ‘together’ on so many levels – I have never had this in a relationship before.
This morning I was musing about my own mother’s marriage and somehow I feel I have managed to do better than my own parents. Not to compare and contrast, the times were different. However, in terms of a marriage and relationship in general, I feel what Erin and I have together is a rare a precious thing and I hope and pray it lasts forever.
Labels: Family, I love Erin, Life, marriage
posted by Colette at 8:41 AM
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And your happiness spills out light into others lives in ways you can't even imagine!
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