Parking It With Family

We celebrated Mother's Day yesterday. In honor of my mom and my husband's grandma pictured (the kids' great grandma) we met at a park. I packed a picnic basket with premade salads and appetizers bought from my local Fresh and Easy. (Hey, that same title is what got me down the aisle. Kidding. Kind of.)

I asked my children what they loved the most about their grandmas. Stinker mentioned that he enjoyed going to Grandma Stella's because the "mailman" (aka: Grandma Stella) "Always leaves notes and presents in the box for me."

A face-painted Pipsqueak added, "I like seeing Grandma Nancy because whenever we want to come over she never says no."

Come to think about it, those are the exact qualities I like in my marriage: Little presents here and there (mostly of time and nurturing) and someone who doesn't say no to me.

I don't expect Rex to treat me like a queen, but when he remembers the little details that make me feel honored, our relationship really thrives.

Gary Chapman's The Five Love Languages speaks to this topic. He emphazies that our spouse often does love us very much, but he or she doesn't always express it in the way that we hear it. I'll say it again - they LOVE us, but we don't HEAR it due to the way they are communicating. Once we know what our language is, our spouse can begin to translate.

Sounds good to me. However, like my patience this morning, I need to keep this post short. I'll continue tomorrow.

May your day, and love life, be Fresh and Easy!

* Photo of my family. Without a doubt, these few folk (and my mom) are the best things that have ever happened to me. In any langage, that simply means "I love you!"

Posted by Andrea Frazer


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