navygreen | Ode to my sweetheart.

This morning Philip helped me in the garden for almost two hours today. He doesn't love the garden like I do, but he helped me anyway.

I received a phone call from the church while we were working, and he patiently stayed outside in the hot, hot sun with me - even though I wasn't doing much more than standing around.

In fact, while he was waiting, he carved a heart in our lone tree in the yard with the knife he'd been using in the garden. It reads, "I love you," and it features a heart with "PC + NC."

*melt*

For lunch, he went to La Mesa without complaint because it was just about the only restaurant that sounded good to me (and we had no food at home).

Afterwards, he went grocery-shopping with me. I know he doesn't generallly like shopping for groceries, but he didn't complain how long it was taking even once (we had a lot to buy, having used up ALL of our food before we left for vacation).

After he returned home from the restaurant tonight, he brought me leftover Vegetable Cheese soup. He knows I really like it, and he brought me two bowls.

And at this very moment, he is out buying some ranch dip from the store so that I can snack on some green pepper strips later tonight.

He wore a new t-shirt today that we bought yesterday while shopping, and it really is appropriate: he truly *is* SUPERMAN.

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That made me melt a little bit too. My hubby's idea of romance is to put away the dishes after the dishwasher is done running. And while that's nifty, he doesn't really go anywhere with me anymore, and it makes me sad.

Well, gosh. Philip NEVER remembers to unload the dishwasher. Maybe I should trade ya... ;-)

awwww... how totally sweet :-) *melting too*

So happy to hear you guys still have some romance left between you... it's a hard thing to hang onto in marriage. Especially with being a military family and all.

Yep, we do. It's one of the things that I really try to keep in the foremost part of my mind. In our marriage counseling, our officiating pastor (who was also Philip's best friend's dad) told us something that really stuck with me. He told us that if he happened along us in the future - maybe five, ten or even twenty years later - he wanted to see us still holding hands like teenagers, still stealing away for a kiss behind a tree. That really painted a picture for me, and I'm trying to be that kind of wife to my guy - he is definitely that kind of husband!

Our pastor told us to remember to keep our marriage and each other in the center of our universe. He said the kids were to rotate around us (and he used his hands as a visual aid), instead of us revolving around the kids. He said if we let the kids become the center of our universe, then once they were gone, we'd look at each other and say, "Who are you?" By keeping our marriage in the center, our children would learn how to be married as adults and would become more independent and less self-centered. It sounded like logical advice to us, so we've tried to adopt that approach. He cautioned, "This does not mean ignoring the children, it means teaching them to respect Mom and Dad."

My grandparents were snuggly and kissy through their entire marriage. They adored each other and that model has always been something Ben & I wanted for ourselves. Sometimes we drift and find each other at odds, but we both make it a priority to come back together and to let each other know the other is the most important person. We've been trying to walk the dogs in the evening so we can have some "us" time and stay in touch with each other. It's hard with cramped quarters, but it's temporary.

Didn't mean to babble so much... lol

I don't mind when you "babble" - it's usually chock-full of good advice. :-)

Ode to my sweetheart.

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