L-O-V-E

I've just been thinking recently about love. About how much we can just love a person it almost seems unfathomable. It all started when one of my friends posted this on her blog:

He is the most darling right now. I was looking at him last night and my heart was about ready to swell out of my chest. And I couldn't help but wonder that this is how all parents feel about their kids. It's amazing to me. We've got a whole world of people out there who are wandering around being loved THAT much. And I don't think that most of those people really even know it.

It wasn't just her post, but her mom's response to that was kind of like . . . "duh, we have always loved you that much, did you just not know it??" That got me thinking about how ungrateful we are as children until we have are own; because, NO, we have had no idea that our parents love us SO much it just swells in their hearts just thinking about it. My understanding as a teenager was just that they are our parents and they have to love us because they are our parents. Until you become a parent you just cannot describe this new type of love that you have when you look into the face of your own child. It's a blessing, a gift in my lives that helps me live to the fullest every day.

So thinking about love of Ellie for a few days made me fall in love with Darik more, too. Unemployment is such a blessing (for the time being ! :-p). Darik and I have had more time together in the past two weeks than we have ever had since our honeymoon. I've seriously just been on cloud nine -- I am such a quality time person and I never knew it, I guess -- because there is nothing better for me than having my absolute best friend in the world with me. Now, that will change this week as temp jobs line up for us . . . our three dream jobs are still very interested -- and we've had some really great followups from them -- but they are all still dragging their feet a bit. But I'm enjoying every moment of this while it lasts. Because I LOVE IT. I LOVE him. And I LOVE all 3 of us together. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!