Lucky Dorito

There are many things in life that I tend to take for granted…. I expect the light to come on when I flip the switch, the food inside the refrigerator to be cold, and the water to get hot in the shower (eventually). Those are relatively simple things – all dependent on electricity and my lackadaisical brain remembering to PAY the bill for the aforementioned electricity.

When it comes to matters of the heart though, I don’t want to take it for granted. Love is a gift, a treasure to be cherished. It’s taken a long time to confidently bask in the glow of my husbands love. The little worry-monster in my head would often play with my emotions, making my doubt our relationship, especially in the early years. Fifteen years of marriage and counting have finally made the worry-monster retreat into quietness for the most part. We don’t live in perfect wedded bliss all the time…. but definitely for most of it.

But that tingly, excited feeling I get when my husband smiles at me or wraps his arms around me – that is something I will never take for granted. It is a gift from above to feel that level of love and attraction for the man I was lucky enough to marry. I recently came to realize that not everyone gets to experience that tingly, heart-palpating excitement in their relationships….maybe never ever in their lives. I think that makes me realize just how blessed I am.

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