Dear Dr. Laura,
I just wanted to email you to say thank you for reminding me on a daily basis (via the podcast) to appreciate my husband and show him how much I love him. He is the best thing in my life and our marriage is a beautiful romance. It does not contain all the drama of the fairy tales or the exciting twists and turns of a Hollywood film but it has one thing those stories never do: it is REAL.
We live every day quietly for each other. He goes to work for us and I watch our wonderful children. We email back and forth throughout the day with flirty comments and simple "I love you's". Many of our email exchanges read similarly to the ones shared the day before, the week before, and the month before. But somehow we never get tired of hearing the same messages.
We take walks at the end of pretty spring days and cook whatever was on sale at the store on our grill. We watch TV shows snuggled up together with his feet on my lap. I like rubbing them while we sit there because he always gives me the most content smile of appreciation. He kills all the spiders around the house because he knows I hate them and sometimes at the end of his busy work days he will empty the dish rack or clean up all the toys in the living room. I always tell him not to because, between the work all day and then coming home and playing for long periods of time with our kids, I feel that is my job and I hate to see him work more. But he never listens when I insist he doesn't need to do that. He usually says "I don't mind helping you out." So then I smile and give him a hug and tell him how great he is.
I sent him this email today:
I wanted to let you know how much I love you and that I feel so thankful to have such a wonderful guy as my husband. It still sometimes amazes me how lucky I am. You spend all day at work for our family. And then you just want to come home to us where you spoil me with attention and dote on and play with our kids for most of the rest of the time. Could I or the kids be any luckier?You're my sweetheart. You're my best friend. You're my break at the end of the night. You're my reward for each long day. You're everything I need and want. I love you. I have been thinking about how blessed I am and just wanted you to know.
-Your Forever-In-Love-With-You Wife
Our life may seem mundane to some and each day comes and goes much like the one before but I wouldn't trade it for the world. Our days are filled with sweet gestures given and received, love letters sent by email, and the wonder of knowing that it will always be so. It is not always exciting but the security of it covers me like a blanket, wrapping me in love and filling in all the spaces where any doubt could ever be.
I wanted to thank you, Dr Laura, for reminding all of us to love and appreciate our spouses. The love I give him comes back ten-fold and blesses me every day.
Mishan
