Raising Boys

Everyday love February 14, 2006

I’m not big on flowers. They wither. You enjoy them for one or two days and then disappointingly they shrivel and leave this mess of dried leaves and petals.

But my husband brought me flowers–chrysanthemums–for Valentine’s Day today and they’re among the most beautiful things I’ve ever been given in my lifetime.

This gift of flowers and because it is Valentine’s Day made me think about the song “This Everyday Love” by Rascal Flatts, who sang about “ordinary plain and simple” love. This is exactly the love that my husband and I share–it’s “typical” and “nothing too peculiar”.
Further goes the song:

Wouldn’t change one single thing about it
No, it’s run-of-the-mill, still I can’t live without it

Neither would I. Neither can I.