I watched the alarm clock this morning. Dimly I was aware that it was 5:20AM, but it just didn't make any damn sense. After some intense concentration, I decided that it was indeed true: I had not slept in. In fact, I could just get up and get in the shower, go to work, blog an entry, visit my blog buddies, and read the latest entrants in Jason's contest. I just needed to move.
Twenty minutes later I came to and sat up. My wife rolled toward me and put her hand under my t-shirt and scratched my back. The thought occurred to me just how lucky a man I really am. In my entire dating career, I gave everything of myself, subconsciously making up for someone else's disregard.
I don't know how it happened, but I not only found someone; I found the one.
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- Scott
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13 comments:
Ah Scott that's beautiful. Does your wife read your blog? If not then she should read this post, it'll make her misty-eyed for sure. :)
She doesn't read the blog, but she knows about it. Maybe when I need some brownie points...
This made me smile.
5:20 a.m. would have jolted me wide awake and had me jumping out of bed.
Your wife sounds so lovely. And it's nice to hear you appreciate her.
I get that feeling whenever I'm roughly shaken awake to the words, "Shut off the alarm! Can't you hear that?"
Ah, yes, marital bliss...
That was really sweet, my friend. :) What a nice morning.
Awwww, that was heartwarming. It's always the small things rather than the grand gestures that drive that point home.
A man that values his wife and isn't afraid to say so, makes you an offical Dear Guy, Scott.
Jaye - Somehow I think that you smile a lot, and I'm glad to have added one to your day.
Kat - You get up that early?
Mr. Schprock - Uh, that's usually the morning I have too. But that's the beauty of it. True love is knowing, despite getting trashed most of the time, you know that underneath it all is, well, a backscratch I suppose.
Jason - Thanks. It was a small moment; a little reminder.
Nat - It's kind of like when Dean brings you a Tylenol in the morning.
Bernita - So I have one Get Out Of Jail Free card then?
Did you tell her this? If my husband would express himself like this every now and again, it would have meant the world to me!
I love your wife, too.
That is a wonderful way to wake up.
To find The One...the real American dream.... now to Learn appreciation and to be able to express it....well "you will be a man, my son"...:) Looks like you've made it...:)
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