ONE MORE DAY!
It's so exciting that I get to see you that I am not sure what to say. Your graduation is happening shortly and I won't be there because I am a jerk like that. It is very sad to me that I am missing such an important occasion.
On the other hand--I don't actually have another hand to speak of. At least I will see you for a day. That will make me very happy.
Well...I love you and that is that.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 7
Things my wife and I do together:
- walk the dog (not always frequently)
- paint the house (why is there always so much more of this to do?)
- eat
- weed the yard (Nelita is on a gardening kick; it's awesome)
- Babysit for the Hartmans (for some reason I always include myself in the babysitting)
- watch shows on hulu
- eat food
- "discuss" each other's unique habits (this really means fight, shhhhhh, it's a secret)
- actually discuss really cool intellectual things (Nelita is a genius)
- read
- cuddle (I like this one, but for a limited amount of time)
- talk on the phone (often we are poling to solve a debate)
- talk on the phone (that's right, we do it a lot)
- take road trips (Nelita is fun as long as she is well fed)
- cook (I am not the head chef, let's just put it that way)
- eat what we cook
- say "I love you"
- go to sleep
- walk the dog (not always frequently)
- paint the house (why is there always so much more of this to do?)
- eat
- weed the yard (Nelita is on a gardening kick; it's awesome)
- Babysit for the Hartmans (for some reason I always include myself in the babysitting)
- watch shows on hulu
- eat food
- "discuss" each other's unique habits (this really means fight, shhhhhh, it's a secret)
- actually discuss really cool intellectual things (Nelita is a genius)
- read
- cuddle (I like this one, but for a limited amount of time)
- talk on the phone (often we are poling to solve a debate)
- talk on the phone (that's right, we do it a lot)
- take road trips (Nelita is fun as long as she is well fed)
- cook (I am not the head chef, let's just put it that way)
- eat what we cook
- say "I love you"
- go to sleep
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 6
Dear Nelita:
I wish I was with you.
I can vividly recall what you must be doing right now. I know you have just gotten out of the shower. Your hair is damp and you are blow-drying it in the mirror.
Sammy is laying at the bathroom door, his head resting on his paws as he watches you. All he wants is a good scratch.
You're going into our bedroom and standing at the dresser, picking out what you will wear to sleep in. Perhaps you will choose one of my shirts.
As you are getting ready to crawl in to the bed, you see a paint chip peeling on the wall and you must pull it, which pulls off the skim coat and leaves a gaping hole which you know I would scold you over, so you make the cute little "sorry, I had to do it" face.
You crawl between the sheets, read for a while, and I hope talk to me on the phone. I am excited to talk to you. I love you.
Sincerely,
David Crawford
husband
I wish I was with you.
I can vividly recall what you must be doing right now. I know you have just gotten out of the shower. Your hair is damp and you are blow-drying it in the mirror.
Sammy is laying at the bathroom door, his head resting on his paws as he watches you. All he wants is a good scratch.
You're going into our bedroom and standing at the dresser, picking out what you will wear to sleep in. Perhaps you will choose one of my shirts.
As you are getting ready to crawl in to the bed, you see a paint chip peeling on the wall and you must pull it, which pulls off the skim coat and leaves a gaping hole which you know I would scold you over, so you make the cute little "sorry, I had to do it" face.
You crawl between the sheets, read for a while, and I hope talk to me on the phone. I am excited to talk to you. I love you.
Sincerely,
David Crawford
husband
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 5
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Of all the things that I want to do with my wife right now, the most surprising is something that I don't often do anyway: I want to dance.
Nelita, you are so much fun to dance with even though you hate the way I lead. Watching you dance is not just watching something beautiful, it is watching someone have fun. You know how to have fun like no one I have ever known.
May I have this dance?
Of all the things that I want to do with my wife right now, the most surprising is something that I don't often do anyway: I want to dance.
Nelita, you are so much fun to dance with even though you hate the way I lead. Watching you dance is not just watching something beautiful, it is watching someone have fun. You know how to have fun like no one I have ever known.
May I have this dance?
Monday, June 8, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 4
I hate talking on the phone-- You have no idea how much--
At this very moment I am talking to my beautiful wife--
It is lifting my spirits-- I could talk to her forever-- Or at least try--
I could listen to her say that she loves me over and over again--
She makes my stupid, earache causing phone my best friend because it is her on the other end--
That last line rhymed unintentionally--
I can't wait to see her again and just snuggle for awhile--
Nelita--I am desperately in love with you my wife--
At this very moment I am talking to my beautiful wife--
It is lifting my spirits-- I could talk to her forever-- Or at least try--
I could listen to her say that she loves me over and over again--
She makes my stupid, earache causing phone my best friend because it is her on the other end--
That last line rhymed unintentionally--
I can't wait to see her again and just snuggle for awhile--
Nelita--I am desperately in love with you my wife--
Sunday, June 7, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 3
Things I miss about my wife:
- She tries to open her eyes in the morning but they just won't, so she talks to me with severely raised eyebrows.
- She fills the entire bed with her limbs as soon as I leave the bed in the morning so I can't come back.
- She calls instructions to me from the bathroom.
- She ignores me when I call instructions back.
- She has new sexy bangs.
- She is stoked about gardening.
- She takes the dog on a walk with me.
- She hugs me.
- She kisses me.
- She is just so darn funny without meaning to be.
- She can find everything a kid does adorable.
- She can find everything our dog does adorable.
- She gets excited about every vegan recipe that looks good.
- She makes me feel really important.
- She doesn't let me get a big head.
- She is an incredible editor.
- She is brilliant.
- She is gorgeous
- She is mine.
- She tries to open her eyes in the morning but they just won't, so she talks to me with severely raised eyebrows.
- She fills the entire bed with her limbs as soon as I leave the bed in the morning so I can't come back.
- She calls instructions to me from the bathroom.
- She ignores me when I call instructions back.
- She has new sexy bangs.
- She is stoked about gardening.
- She takes the dog on a walk with me.
- She hugs me.
- She kisses me.
- She is just so darn funny without meaning to be.
- She can find everything a kid does adorable.
- She can find everything our dog does adorable.
- She gets excited about every vegan recipe that looks good.
- She makes me feel really important.
- She doesn't let me get a big head.
- She is an incredible editor.
- She is brilliant.
- She is gorgeous
- She is mine.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 2
I never thought that having a wife would make me the guy who misses his wife. It falls into that category of "I'll never get food poisoning by eating at this unlicensed mexican fast food restaurant where I find a hair in my food and cats are whining out back." I know that sounds weird, but that is having a wife and in that metaphor...I have food poisoning.
Seriously though, it never occurs to me that having ice cold toes running up and down my calves would actually help me fall asleep at night. It never occurs to me that having this person roll toward me until my one leg spends most of the night hanging off the side of the bed, would actually be comforting. I am on the verge of missing morning breath (though you shouldn't quote me on that).
I am a huge fan of my wife. I miss her.
Seriously though, it never occurs to me that having ice cold toes running up and down my calves would actually help me fall asleep at night. It never occurs to me that having this person roll toward me until my one leg spends most of the night hanging off the side of the bed, would actually be comforting. I am on the verge of missing morning breath (though you shouldn't quote me on that).
I am a huge fan of my wife. I miss her.
Friday, June 5, 2009
10 days of Missing my Wife: Day 1
If I take good memories
and put them side by side
by each other as though
rows of memories are stronger
than one all by itself, I feel
like I am acting in a play,
and my wife is there,
and she is wearing green
that makes her eyes sparkle,
and all the memories
that matter at this moment
have her eyes in them.
Those beautiful eyes look
at me
and honestly they are all
I can see.
and put them side by side
by each other as though
rows of memories are stronger
than one all by itself, I feel
like I am acting in a play,
and my wife is there,
and she is wearing green
that makes her eyes sparkle,
and all the memories
that matter at this moment
have her eyes in them.
Those beautiful eyes look
at me
and honestly they are all
I can see.
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