Growing Love
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island
Look at this dear, sweet soul.
He concentrates so hard. He works so hard. He wants nothing more than to have life go smoothly, make things grow, and for us to be happy together.
Why is it that the people we love, the people who we’re closest to, are the people we can ignore, scowl at, snap at, and take for granted?
Maybe it’s because we can. Maybe it’s because we trust them. Because we believe that they love us enough that even if we show our ugly sides they’ll still be there.
But what kind of reward is that?
I want to treat our love like a little seedling that needs nurturing and water and sunlight. Not like a tree that will bend and sway and withstand every storm that invariably passes through.
Because even wise old trees can only weather so much.
Melissa
Nov 3rd, 2009
Love this. Very wise words…and I totally agree. Perhaps it’s because we know deep down they love us..despite all our ugliness.
Heather
Nov 4th, 2009
This is, sadly, so true. I remember a poem my mother used to quote to me and I found it on the net.
“You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn’t hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it till the petals fall
You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can’t recall
So If I broke your heart last night
It’s because I love you most of all.”
Or, I guess we can always claim PMS :)
John Quimby
Nov 4th, 2009
Hey –
Is that Cameron disc-ing with the Massey Ferguson?
Look at you guys go!
Susan and I hit our 20th anniversary this year.
We are currently, actively and deliberately working on exactly what you just wrote.
Freda
Nov 4th, 2009
Beautiful!!
christy
Nov 4th, 2009
awwhh!! i cant wait to come to your wedding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
lol. sorry i couldnt help it!
Amanda
Nov 4th, 2009
I concur. My man also has firewood stacked up, a cozy house, squeeky clean dishes, and dinner simmering on the stove for me when I get home.
And I have to remember to smile.
To say thank you.
:)
Thank you!
Vicki
Nov 7th, 2009
It is easy to take love for granted we are all probably guilty of it, but just do one special thing everyday to show your love. I love you both!
Uncle Wally
Nov 9th, 2009
As I grow comfortable in my status as an ol’fart, I have come to understand that while love may be unconditional, relationships are not.
Love is like air; relationships like breathing.
Maybe that’s why we should not take breathing for granted, we should practice it, work at it, and learn the art of brining in the air, and letting it go . . .
warren
Nov 16th, 2009
Nice thoughts on relationships but I gotta tell you the truth, my concentration was on your boy and his awesome tractor! Heehaw Cameron!
Stella
Nov 24th, 2009
The strongest love of a couple, can be silent… love needs no words..it just is..