I Love you

​This home away from home…

Has very thin walls…

Kind of like living in a big old house…with hundreds of people…road worker alarms going off at 5:30 am…heavy feet heading out at 6…

Showers running…muffled chatting…music playing…smells of food…the phone alarm ringing and ringing and ringing…30 minutes straight…at 4:30 am…

Early morning bustling right outside the Limbome room…this old gal awake but being lazy…suddenly becomes an unexpected eavesdropper…

I love you…says our neighbor…couldn’t be older than 25…just a minute…says her husband…sounding just as young…shuffling of stuff is heard…hands sound full…

Then silence…this old unexpected eavesdropper…picturing a little kiss…and a whispered I love you too…in response…

I love you…what a beautiful way to wake up…

Say it to your partner…kids…brother…sister…friend…mom…dad…Miso…Lennie…Muffin…Kitty…

Say it to…you…amazing you…whisper it…shout it…say it more than once…

Just like this…
I love you…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…