Real Love
Valentine's Day when you are young is all about what your special someone is going to do for you. A romantic dinner, flowers, chocolate, and for some a sparkly gift. Once you are married, and have a few kids under your belt going out to dinner on Valentine's Day is hard to do and the romantic gestures tend to change. Although you may still get those flowers or chocolates, the special day tends to loose its excitement.
I Love Love. Love to me is the most important thing in this world. So because I am such an advocate for the big "L" I usually really get into Valentine's Day. This year not so much though. Well until last night...
You see we don't really have a babysitter at the time so I knew Brian and I wouldn't have the opportunity to go out on a date tomorrow. Not to mention I am VERY pregnant and I am not really feeling Red Hot these days. So I was feeling the 14th would be a wash. I knew my lovely husband would get me a card and a gift like he always does, but I knew that the chance for a little romance was not at all there. So I wasn't really feeling it this year. Until last night.
Last night however made me view Valentine's Day in a whole new light. Around 1 am last night I woke up feeling terribly sick to my stomach. So sick that I was so tense and upset. You know the feeling, right? I couldn't get comfortable and all I wanted was someone to hold me, or help me, or something. I ended up waking up my husband. He thought I was in labor until I told him how I was feeling.
Instead of laying there knowing there really wasn't anything he could do for me, he got out of bed. He stood by my side in the bathroom and then when I couldn't relax he laid with me in bed, playing with my hair, kissing my forehead, and holding me. He held me until he knew I could go back to sleep.
Last night was love, true love. The kind of love that says forever. Last night expressed something that no card, no bouquet of flowers, or a sparkly gift could ever express. Last night showed me that Valentine's Day really is just another day. What counts is all the other days of the year, and how you show your love how you feel. It is not shown by anything else than by those quiet moments when it is just the two of you. Those real moments in life when you can show someone just how real your love is.
So tomorrow don't get caught up in the day. Use the day as a time to reflect on the past year and all the wonderful moments you've shared together and all those times that you both have been there for each other.
Cheers to love!
I Love Love. Love to me is the most important thing in this world. So because I am such an advocate for the big "L" I usually really get into Valentine's Day. This year not so much though. Well until last night...
You see we don't really have a babysitter at the time so I knew Brian and I wouldn't have the opportunity to go out on a date tomorrow. Not to mention I am VERY pregnant and I am not really feeling Red Hot these days. So I was feeling the 14th would be a wash. I knew my lovely husband would get me a card and a gift like he always does, but I knew that the chance for a little romance was not at all there. So I wasn't really feeling it this year. Until last night.
Last night however made me view Valentine's Day in a whole new light. Around 1 am last night I woke up feeling terribly sick to my stomach. So sick that I was so tense and upset. You know the feeling, right? I couldn't get comfortable and all I wanted was someone to hold me, or help me, or something. I ended up waking up my husband. He thought I was in labor until I told him how I was feeling.
Instead of laying there knowing there really wasn't anything he could do for me, he got out of bed. He stood by my side in the bathroom and then when I couldn't relax he laid with me in bed, playing with my hair, kissing my forehead, and holding me. He held me until he knew I could go back to sleep.
Last night was love, true love. The kind of love that says forever. Last night expressed something that no card, no bouquet of flowers, or a sparkly gift could ever express. Last night showed me that Valentine's Day really is just another day. What counts is all the other days of the year, and how you show your love how you feel. It is not shown by anything else than by those quiet moments when it is just the two of you. Those real moments in life when you can show someone just how real your love is.
So tomorrow don't get caught up in the day. Use the day as a time to reflect on the past year and all the wonderful moments you've shared together and all those times that you both have been there for each other.
Cheers to love!
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