the look

we had another one of our talks. you know, those ones you readers are probably getting kinda tired of where he's all worried he's not doing enough.

and this time i looked at him and i said, "you know, babe, maybe you need to put more energy into appreciating the absolutely incredible fact that we have a life together."

we.

have.

a.

life.

together.

those are five crazy-big words, you know?

one after another all in a row, they add up to something enormous. something so much bigger than whether or not we've averaged at least x minutes every day chatting or y hours per week gazing soulfully into each other's eyes or z days that included us getting it on.

and then i said, "take a good long gander at this look i'm giving you right now. see it? that's my 'we-have-a-life-together' look. if you see this look on my face, you know i'm thinking, 'wow.' and once you know that, i sure hope you'll instantly be thinking and feeling 'wow' yourself. okay?"

and he said it was more than okay and we just spent a second giving each other a 'wow' look, and it's been a pretty damn good day since then.