True Love

True Love

     True love doesn't happen every day but my parents have shown me just how awesome true love is.  I took this pic Thanksgiving Day 2011.  I remember thinking, wow, they're really "in love" with each other.  They've called each other honey every since I can remember.  They've always shown me how important it is to love.  I could go on & on with stories of their love & life and still could not scratch the surface.  But what I'm going to write about now is how their love has shown me so much on this journey.

     First of all, let me just say that if you know Clovis you know that no subject is off limits.  So my favorite thing he'd always say when I'd call after I left home and went to college was this...He'd answer, 'Hello' and I'd say, 'Hey, whatcha doing?' and his response every time was...'Well I was trying to get you a little brother or sister but you wouldn't stop calling!'  Then my mom would pick up the phone in the other room & just giggle & say, 'Oh he says more than his prayers'.  I'd laugh & then start talking about whatever I thought was so important at that time.  I love that my parents love each other.  I love that he showed his love for my mom.  I love that my parents are "in love" with each other.  I love what I've learned from watching them love each other.

     So back to dad's journey...for the last month I've been with my mom & dad almost round the clock and I've never seen true love like I have until now.  He's told my mom how beautiful she is and how much he loves her.  Then when she'd leave the room, he'd tell me, 'Isn't she beautiful?'.  He'd tell me how much he loves her and what wonderful times they've had.  He also talked about the tough times as well.  He said you can't really have the truly wonderful and amazing times in life without having the terrible, awful times in life as well.  I'm just amazed at how opposite two people can be but have "true love"!

     The other day, after things started progressing, I saw just a glimpse of their relationship.  Mom had helped dad up and brought him whatever his desire was to eat at that moment.  I should note, she's fixed him whatever he's wanted to eat, whenever he's wanted to eat it and brought it to him with such love.  He wanted something else from the kitchen and mom was walking down the hall, I was sitting across from him, and the look on his face and in his eyes is one that I'll never forget.  All the emotions of "true love" showed on my dad's face all at once and it was the most amazing thing to see!  It was like his face said...I want you, I need you, I love you, you're my world, you're my everything, you irritate me, drive me crazy, you make me want to be a better person, you complete me, I want to ravage your body in a heated moment.

     I don't think most people really have "true love" but I've been blessed to witness this growing up.  I feel like I've got that kind of "true love" with my hubby, Gary.  I can only think that I've gotten that blessing of "true love" from watching my parents.  I hope to pass that on to my boys and to teach them to show it to their wives (when they grow up & get married...which seems like forever away but in all actuality will be here before I blink twice!).  So I know that Clovis will live on in many ways.

Trinity