Romance

Something special? Those mushy, gushy moments that make all the women blush and the men roll their eyes? Cherished moments that I hold dear to my heart and brings a smile to my face.

Actually, the first romantic experience I ever had was when I was in high school. I remember it was Valentine’s Day. Somehow my dad figured out I was going to be missing out and when I came home from school there was a red rose on my pillow with a little note telling me he loved me. Wow!!! That was going to be tough to top.

But, my honey has done just that. You would think it was a huge event, much built-up excitement, flowers, fancy clothes, or incredibly exquisite food. No, it is in all the little things that endear me so much.

For example, when we were dating Karsten’s favorite cereal was “Honey Nut Cheerios”. He used to cut the front of the box and write on it with cute poems and sayings using the “Honey Nut Cheerios” words.

When we got engaged, he didn’t have a ring because he wanted me to go with him and get exactly what I wanted. For two weeks, I wore a string he tied on my finger. Corny?? You bet!!! Special to me??? You have no idea!!!

There were those times when I would find a note on my car window, an extra bit of cash in my wallet with “no strings attached”, a closed door in the morning so I could sleep in, breakfast in bed with special foods that he knew I particularly liked, a clean house when I got home late, making the bed in the morning when I’m in a rush, and many more things that I couldn’t even begin to list here.

Of course there were flowers and chocolates, fancy dinners, and diamond rings mixed in between. But the most romantic thing my honey has ever done? That would be to take my hand, walk me to the alter, kneel across from me, look me in the eye, and tell me he would love me and cherish me for eternity in one simple word, “Yes.”

Well, with that being said. All I have to say is I’m sooo thankful that he was young, naive, and didn’t know what he was getting himself into. If he’d been able to read the fine print that said there were no refunds when the warranty ran out – you know what I mean, aching bones, gray hairs, lost memories, sagging and droopy body parts, wrinkles, arthritis, weight gain – ooohh, I better stop before I reveal all my deep, dark secrets – I wouldn’t be able to tell you that the most romantic thing now is when he still looks in my eyes, takes my hand, walks with me, kneels across the alter, and in doing so for another tells me he still loves and cherishes me forever. That is true romance!!!