"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: whatever you call it,
whoever you are, you need one." -Jane Howard

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I love you isn 't enough

Do you ever feel like "I love you" doesn't cover it?

Sometimes I look at my kids or Jimmy, and I am so overcome with emotion that I feel my chest tighten like I'm going to burst in to tears.  "I love you" isn't enough.  I don't just love you, I love the way you laugh, the way you dance, the way you sleep, the way you kiss, the way you wrestle... I could go on forever, and still feel like I missed something.  What does this come from?  Is this normal or am I just a blubbering weirdo? 

I remember in the past, I thought I was in love several times.  I just knew that the feelings of infatuation were definitely love.  That feeling doesn't even come close to when the world around me softens and slows, and I look, finally seeing the masterpiece we have everyday, right in front of us. 

"For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to this." ~Darius Rucker




2 comments:

  1. i know what you mean. Although to break up this super sappy moment, I do have to mock you slightly for quoting Hootie ;) Only you!

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  2. Hootie is awesome, and I should have added him to my above list of loves or maybe just make it an entire new post! But he goes by darius rucker now, which means I can slightly mask his identity, right? I was just totally busted...

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