All you need is love!!!

I woke this morning to my loving husband kissing me goodbye and wishing me a good day.  What a nice way to wake on a any given day.  Today isn't any given day though, it's the day my mother died one year ago.

  

When my husband and I started dating 7 years ago my mother 

was less than thrilled.  She was really about as excited as she would have been if she was going to get a root canal.  If you knew my mother you might have known she had to take strong drugs just to get her teeth cleaned, let alone have actual work done.  So, that might tell you how happy she was that I was dating again.

She actually sat me down at my kitchen table shortly after Valentines Day 2001 and proceeded to tell me what a mess I was going to make of my life, how I was going to screw my children up more than I ever could imagine, how I was inviting disaster with the fact that I was dating.  Of course she was worried abo

ut men coming in and out of the children's lives.  She was worried too about me getting hurt again.

It didn't take long for my mother to warm up to Patrick.  He's funny and genuine and she began to see that he truly loved us as a family, he wanted to love us.  He wanted to do love, not just say how much he loved us.  As she saw us together and how we interacted with each other she became less and less worried.  Years later she recanted and said she was sorry.  At one point she even went so far as to say that yes indeed he really was the one for me.  Over the years it's become more and more apparent that she was right.  Before she died she told me that she was glad that I had Patrick as my husband and that she thought he was perfect for me and she knew we would do well together.

I knew when I met him he was different, not just funny different because he is that too.  He cares very much for the people in his life.  My Aunt even commented on the fact that she sees how much he loves us in his actions.  This is evident to me all the time.  He's a great man who loves me and our ch

ildren very well.  This became apparent to me again today.

Last night I was spacey and I couldn't really pinpoint why, it hadn't come to me yet.  I finally got it and in a moment of great marriage communication I simply said to my loving husband, "I think I might need some slack today, tomorrow and I don't know about Saturday."  He simply looked into my eyes and said very sincerely, "Take all that you need."  He knew that it would be a tough day.

So, he woke me with kisses and left little "I love you" notes for me that I would find while I was getting ready this morning.  He is an amazing man and I love him like no other!

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