Yep its finally time to talk about how amazing it has been watching my son grow over the last 2 months. Nolan is growing quickly and smiled for the first time today. There have been half smiles and kinda smiles but today was the first day where he smiled for an extended period of time. It was awesome! It seems like such a tiny inconsequential thing but it made me realize how rare and special a moment it was. It's the moment, in fact, that I would like to never see end. If all else is trouble and strife, as long has he has that smile, I will too. It was more infectious than a yawn.
It also begs the thought about how long the smiles will last? Where do they go? Will someone else take it away? How come certain people never stop smiling? Why depression?
I obviously don't have the answers but I have to say that the pursuit of happiness has been a common thread in both my life and my wife's... and I hope it is in yours as well. Just try and remember that things are never as bad as they seem and if they are, then they can only get better!
I wouldn't say that I am the eternal optimist (I complain about a lot of things in fact) however it pays to keep it in perspective. Have a great day!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
St. Valentine's Day - Nothing for my wife
I didn't get, or do anything special for my wife today... which I have to say is out of the ordinary as I used to be a sucker for the holidays. I guess the fact that I got up early and drove 20 minutes to get her a Venti Non-Fat Latte, one pump this, one pump that, no whip, extra hot, in the middle of the largest storm of the winter might be construed as a Valentines Day gesture but my wife actually didn't want any of it! And that my friends is why I truly love her!
She honestly said to me the other day, "Mike, don't get me any Valentine's cards or crap. I have been watching these commercials on TV and they make me sick." WELL, I guess that does it! I knew I loved her before that, but talk about an epiphany and moment of truth all rolled into one!
I had to love her before that because she is legendary at putting up with all the dumb things I do and always manages to somehow do it with a smile. She often picks up after me, sometimes with out even mentioning that I had left things there. She takes care of our wonderful and beautiful son while I sit in the den and plug away at my daily work, and having seen it first hand I know that she works WAYYYYY harder then I do. But most importantly she is happy and rarely complains.
She is vibrant, enjoys other peoples company, knows in detail about everything in the world that I do not (i.e. why he's crying and what to do about it, what those nutrional charts on the sides of boxes of food mean, what vitamins I am not but should be taking, taxes, when the garbage goes out and why I still haven't taken it, how much money I spend on frivolous technology that I will only ever use a portion of, why marketing matters, etc.) likes working out, talking about how we can get better at things, but mostly she is caring. And I guess in the end that is why I didn't get her a Valentine's Day card and instead wrote her this.
I hope she likes it, cause I really like her. Happy V-Day and 5 years Anniversary E.
Love Mike
She honestly said to me the other day, "Mike, don't get me any Valentine's cards or crap. I have been watching these commercials on TV and they make me sick." WELL, I guess that does it! I knew I loved her before that, but talk about an epiphany and moment of truth all rolled into one!
I had to love her before that because she is legendary at putting up with all the dumb things I do and always manages to somehow do it with a smile. She often picks up after me, sometimes with out even mentioning that I had left things there. She takes care of our wonderful and beautiful son while I sit in the den and plug away at my daily work, and having seen it first hand I know that she works WAYYYYY harder then I do. But most importantly she is happy and rarely complains.
She is vibrant, enjoys other peoples company, knows in detail about everything in the world that I do not (i.e. why he's crying and what to do about it, what those nutrional charts on the sides of boxes of food mean, what vitamins I am not but should be taking, taxes, when the garbage goes out and why I still haven't taken it, how much money I spend on frivolous technology that I will only ever use a portion of, why marketing matters, etc.) likes working out, talking about how we can get better at things, but mostly she is caring. And I guess in the end that is why I didn't get her a Valentine's Day card and instead wrote her this.
I hope she likes it, cause I really like her. Happy V-Day and 5 years Anniversary E.
Love Mike
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