A Helping Hand

Well, my husband is off to New Orleans - actually, St. Bernard parish - for the week. He, along with several others from our congregation, have gone to help do some rebuilding. They will be spending the week doing drywall, painting and I suppose, whatever else is needed.

Here's the sad part. He's been gone less than 3 hours, and I already miss him like crazy!! I know, I'm such a sap. Seriously, this is only the second time in our 10+ years of marriage that we have been apart. The first time was when he went to Mexico last year.

I missed him last year, but I didn't miss him like I already miss him now. Maybe I was too busy with my daughter since she was only 18 months old when he went to Mexico. Perhaps, I just have a terrible memory, so I am not recollecting accurately. Or, maybe, I simply love him more this year than I did last.

It's true, and I know you are probably rolling your eyes as you read this thinking - "Seriously? This is so sappy." Well, that's just where I am right now - Sapville. It may be hard to believe, but I sincerely do love my husband more today than I did when I married him, more than I loved him last year, even more than I loved him last month. Somehow, each experience we share brings us that much closer together and we fall that much deeper in love.

We've known each other since we were 13 years old. We dated from the time we were 16 until we graduated college. We got married 3 months after my college graduation, and we've never looked back. My husband and I are a team; we are a package deal. If you want one of us, you get us both. We rarely do anything separately - with the exception of my new penchant for scrapbooking with my friends occasionally. But other than that, we are pretty much inseparable, and we wouldn't have it any other way!

The crazy, awesome part about all of it is that there is a direct correlation between how much I love Papa and how much I love my husband. I mean, the more I surrender myself to my Father's care, the more I allow His love to permeate my being, the more I see my husband loving our Father, the more I realize how much I love them both. I am just head over heels in love with them both. It's really a nice circle to be in.

Well, I will cease and desist with all of the mushiness now. I hope that you find yourself loving those around you more with each passing day. If you don't, then ask Papa for a nice pair of Love-vision glasses, which will help you to see them through His eyes. After you get a glimpse, the love will follow close behind.

Blessings!