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February 14, 2006
For My Valentine
This is what I saw out the kitchen window this morning after crawling out of our warm bed. It was so beautiful that I had to venture out into the backyard to capture the moment. I was still in my pajamas--the ones I bought for you that didn' tfit--with our combined initials beating red across my heart. (I love the fact that you took my name when we married , just as I took yours.)
You were still asleep. Shortly after the shutter clicked in the frozen morning stillness you woke. It was either me or the cats. Probably a combination of the two. You don't live with beings who let you sleep in. Sorry.
I didn't tell you about the picture then (even though I took it with the camera you gave me to commemorate this day). And because our lives are what they are right now, I didn't get a chance to view the file or post it until this moment. This moment while you are cooking dinner for us and bewailing the fact that despite weeks of forethought the flowers you ordered for me today failed to arrive.
You are cooking and writing and producing and directing and I am writing and teaching and working on my photography. How did we ever get here? This place of two artists, who are blossoming forth in so many ways (despite the non-arrival of the flowers).
I stayed here to support your artist. And somehow, in the meantime, I've discovered a new artist of my own. Thank you for supporting her so sturdily.
Happy Valentine's Day, my David.
I love you more than words could ever say.
Posted by sally at February 14, 2006 06:21 PM
Comments
Hey Sally. Once in a while I get bored at work and google people I have known. I was running through Presbyterians today and that is how I found your lovely blog. Anyway this is Erin, your ex-roomate from Colehaven in Boise, former young Presbyterian enthusiast and survivor of six months of Sunny stalkings (I still think of him whenever I hear a certain Paul Simon song). I saw his picture early in the blog and am happy to surmise from your text that he must have had a long life. I assume that was enough information to figure out who has commented. I also assume my e-mail address posts, so feel free to send a note if you would like.
Posted by: Erin at February 15, 2006 05:14 PM
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