Maybe it was because we were standing on the overlook of a rotating ball-shaped building, but, still, the earth moved.
For Valentine's the following year, because we lived in separate cities, I planned an elaborate love bombardment in which I mailed him a little gift or card for each day in February leading up to the 14th. The gifts culminated in a poster of Reunion Tower. Hey, what can I say? I was a poor college student in love. And I loved doing little things that let him know that he was special to me.
Then, after years of (im)patiently waiting for a proposal, we got married. We lived in a seminary house in Ft. Worth in a sketchy neighborhood where people with guns ran through the yard shooting at other people with guns running through the yard. We didn't have any money--thus, the house in the sketchy neighborhood--so we spent time together by going on walks. There was, however, one special treat Kyle would buy me: snow-cones. I got so excited over those snow-cones. So excited, in fact, that he made it a rule that I had to chant SNOW-CONES! SNOW-CONES! SNOW-CONES! the entire drive to the snow-cone stand. We had so much fun that summer in that little house with no money.
Fast-forward 11 years and three kids later. My life consists of lots of laundry, scheduling, errands, chasing sleep, and loads of responsibility. I also have a husband that I love very much, probably more than the day we were married. But, sometimes, when he comes home from work, I am too busy cooking dinner to stop and smooch him. Other times, I am too tired for a conversation on the couch. I'm good at planning things for my kids, but I don't often think about how I can plan something special for my husband.
I don't think I'm the most dour woman in the world, but I want to be as fun and playful as I used to be. I want to charm my husband and make him glad he's my husband.
Maybe it starts with a snow-cone.
How do you keep things fun and playful with your man? Tell me in the comments!
How do you keep things fun and playful with your man? Tell me in the comments!
