There is no greater welcome in the world than to walk in the back door and have an incredible, vivacious three year old jump into your arms and excitedly shout your name and then to look up from that hug and see your husband holding a beautiful little girl with a dimple under her eye clapping her hands like you have just made her day by just walking in the door! I love coming home after a meeting or running an errand to find my sweet family waiting for me. I truly feel that my cup overflows and since I am reading "The Love Dare" I have been thinking alot about love lately and how it evolves over time. Brad and I are high school sweethearts so now that I am almost 30 our love has been evolving for quite some time! In the beginning you date and there is all of the excitement of everything being "new" and getting to know eachother then you fall in love and there is still excitement as you await the next stage of your life, then there is the engagement and wedding and then there you are....all married with very high expectations. Things don't always go as planned and there are bumps along the road but Lord willing by God's grace you learn that all the stuff you read in story books as a child are just that... stories and that marriage is an awesome thing but it does take work so hopefully you both work at it and kind of figure it out and then about the time you do that you have kids which proves the old adage true that "nothing will ever be the same" but I can tell you that I have never loved Brad Sappe as much as I do when I see him interacting with our children. It doesn't matter if he is playing, rocking, feeding or disciplining it warms my heart each time I see the love of my life with my other two loves, Lawson and Bella. I decided long ago that love is not a feeling but a choice but it is definitely a feeling of warm fuzzies when I see my husband with my kids so I might have to dispute my own philosphy! Anyway, it was just cool to me when I pondered the other day about what love used to mean to me and what love means to me now. We have come a long way and Lord willing we still have a long way to go together!
A few more thoughts of what inspires me:
I go to the gym on my lunch break most days and I love my particular gym and today I decided the people there inspire me. Size 2 bikini models in their sports bras and booty shorts don't inspire me but the old people at my gym who are recovering from a stroke or a heart attack or other problems bless my heart. I love jogging around the track and peeking in on the little old folks class in the gym below as they lift little weighted balls over their heads or watching the determination it takes for some of those people just to climb the stairs to get to the track. All of this motivates me and keeps me exercising because if these folks can do it with all their problems then I can certainly keep it up! The Wellness Center rocks!
2 comments:
How true this all is. It is a shame that we grow up thinking that once you get married, the hard part is over. I was just talking to one of my coworkers about this today...no one ever tells you about how hard marriage is and that you have to work at it on a daily basis! I think it, like everything else, is a generational thing--we have to make a promise to our children that we'll be honest with them about all this important life stuff...
And I'm with you on the love I feel for Jason when I see him interact with Addison...such an amazing bond!
I love this post! You and Brad are such a beautiful picture of love!
Thanks for sharing, too, your inspiration at the gym. I, too, love watching those older folks do their cardio, and reminding myself how lucky I am to be able to push it like I should be doing.
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