I have been thinking a lot lately about how absence makes the heart grow fonder. When I look around nowadays and see other couples together, I think of 2 things:
1. I am sad that Glenn is not here, and how I wish he could be here to talk to and to make jokes with.
2. I feel lucky that this deployment has made me realize how much I took for granted when he was here and how much I truly love him. It is easy to get into a routine and not think about these things and to put too much focus on other stuff when you are together all the time. Like me, and like everybody else on the planet, he did/does have some habits and preferences that were annoying to his spouse (sorry honey!), but right now I think that at least half of that stuff won't bother me so much anymore when he gets back. They are a part of him and I miss him right now.
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I so agree with you!! I realize now that I really took my dear hubby for granted before he went for 7 months! I tell people all the time, "Appreciate your husband! You don't know half of what they do for you!" I now realize husbands are like front men, out there ahead of us, paving the way. I am so tired of dealing with dishwasher repairs and cell phone companies and the like!! My hubby made it all look so easy!!!
Here's the things I miss and yes, I know they're weird!
1. His soapy, clean smell
2. His body temperature (he always has this dry heat about him)
3. His work roughened hands
4. His sense of humor
5. Drinking coffee with him in the mornings
6. Sitting in the passenger seat as he drives us around
there are, of course, the more obvious things, but it's these little things that really matter more than we realize!!
Amy
http://handmaidensheart.blogspot.com
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