A slow rhythm is playing in the background. You’re a couple of feet away from each other. It’s raining, you’re eyes are closed, and you can hear the water hit the roof. The rain is causing a mist to rise off the road… you can see the steam rising…
Friend: Let me ask you question.
Me: Okay…
Friend: Well, what’s up with all the romantic crap on your site?
Me: What do you mean?
Friend: Your always writing as if the room is about to start on fire.
Me: Yes, I do at times write what I see in a relationship
Friend: Dude! You’ve got to knock it off!
Me: Pffft… suck it up man, just cause your girl reads this blog and thinks you suck.
Friend: But your making it difficult for me.
Me: Don’t slack off then… problem solved.
Friend: You suck.
Me: I accept that deficiency
[ She has the heat ]
The heart is the most powerful of tools in a relationship. It’s what leaves people either deeply in love at 95 or left in a broken marriage at 34. It’s what allows you to love your child so perfectly. It’s what allows you to realize that you are raising men and women. Ones who will go on to love their spouses and their children.
And the simple act of being in love with your wife… it’s the perfect and most wonderful of storms. One that you share together. Where you protect each other from the lightning and thunder, where when the rain falls the two are safely in each other’s arms.
Every moment that you can show and demonstrate your love to her, the more ingrained she will be into you. She will yearn to always be close. You revel in her efforts and you support her in her trials. You lift her up when she has fallen. Holding each other close, when you both have the strength. Doing all of this for her, and she will want to do all of this for you. You live one in spirit, one in purpose and one in goals.
Every touch she gives, you revel in it. Every smile she gives, you smile back. When you wink at her, she will wink back. When you whisper in her ear, she will lean in and listen.
When you gently touch her hand, and squeeze it three times. She will stop what she is doing and look at you… Knowing that you just told her… that you love her.
Beautiful post! Your poor friend…
heh!
I’m enjoying all the new photos BTW!
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That’s what happens when I’m guilt-ed into not using a picture over and over again… I blame you…
Thanks Sarah, you actually started me thinking about the site and the changes that it went through.
That’s great, I love it! Sorry I haven’t been by more lately, life took over! I sent you a g-chat “Boo!” though!
IntrigueMe´s last blog ..Medium
he got the heat and he put it on me like a spell from the devil…
“… now I just can’t beat the heat.”
Travis, words escape me. A heartfelt post. Pip
Pippi´s last blog .."Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy…"
Thanks Pippi.
Awww. Look at you, setting impossibly high standards and making your friend look bad. You rock!
haha… Thanks Nicki.
Great post! *sigh*
And I love that you stood your ground with your friend. Why is it that some guys want all others guys to be cavemen with them? We need more men like you, Travis, who will call them out on their sh*t!
Mindy/Single Mom Says´s last blog ..Managing Life Many Lemons at a Time
You know Mindy what’s really funny… I didn’t write this with that intention in mind. I didn’t realize how this would hit any nerves, and with Dads House article coming in, (I wrote mine last night and didn’t know his went live this morning) it gave it more meaning.
Fascinating how that happened. Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it.
If you’ve already explained this on your blog – just point me in the direction of it…but if you haven’t – I sincerely want to know how have managed to keep this outlook and this hope? I am totally serious. Divorce was horrible and wanting love and being on the outside of it – is even worse. So how are you able to keep from getting weighed down by self pity or the fear that you might never “that” love?
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AmyMarie, I decided to answer your question in this Post. I started to think about your question. I know my posts deal with this, but I didn’t ever really address it directly.
Love works best when it flows both ways, right?
Great post!
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Yes and no… Love can always be given, but not received, and you should not feel that your time loving was worthless. You gained by knowing that you did love…
But to know the fullest that love has to offer, both have to be willing to give and receive. If you only give, but choose not to receive, you are still not experiencing the fullest.
Love can be a one way… but the fullest that love can be, is two-way.
Yes! Absolutely! Exactly!
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