Many, many evenings have I sat in a lawn chair working on a small project, reading a book, or just chatting away in this very garage just to keep Johnny company. He often would work into the night fixing up his Corvette, repairing the lawn mower that I somehow always managed to break every time I used it, changing the oil in one of the vehicles, fixing a small appliance for me......the list could go on forever.
All of a sudden tonight it hit me that these little times we had and are continuing to have together are more precious than those memories made on a vacation for they are the heart of our marriage. Sounds strange? When I look back, of course our vacations were wonderful, but these everyday ordinary days......the days spent in the garage, the days spent in the kitchen, the days of him being on the computer, the nights that I hear him giggle at a silly British comedy, the times he is engrossed in a black and white movie grimacing every time a fight scene would break out (I think he was actually fighting himself), even the hot, long nights in the building....THESE ARE THE MEMORIES I cherish.
Ordinary pleasant memories. Vacations come and go, but life is NOW in the ordinary things. Don't wait. LIVE a pleasant life and make those ordinary memories. Find the good in the ordinary day to day life.
I love you.
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