Life vs. Love

The kids were sleeping over at Grandma's, and we'd just finished eating peanut butter sandwiches and crackers for dinner. The sun was setting as we wrapped ourselves up in blankets and watched Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. We've attending their concert at the Sandy Ampitheater year after year since we were dating, so this is nothing out of the ordinary. But in the first few minutes of the show I remembered, like someone had hit me in the back of the head, I remembered that I love Ben. Don't laugh because honestly, I had forgotten.

Life is full of ten billion unimportant things. They seem urgent to us, but in the eternal scheme of things, most of it doesn't matter. So I fill up my day, try my best to get by, and some days, don't even look Ben in the eye before the day is done. I can't believe I let it get this bad! Don't get me wrong, we're not unhappy with each other, but we'd forgotten about one another.

It took a date for me to remember. A great date full of our favorite music. Ryan Shupe's songs are so well written and so beautiful. Some hit a sentimental note, reminding us of years ago, and some make us laugh at the "2-year old attitude" in our home. It was a wonderful concert and I was there with the most wonderful man. I had the best looking date of anyone there. He really is a gift in my life. So I'm thinking that we should keep up this dating thing. It's a good way to remind us that love should shadow life not the other way around. I love you, Ben. I really really do.