Sometimes You Don't Know What You're Looking For Until You Find It

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This old gal…

Was chatting up a waitress…this sweet woman talking about doing laundry after her shift…how work is never done…especially with a 16 year old…but then just as quickly…the conversation took a turn…she shared her fear of becoming an empty nester…had her son when she was 19…has always been a mom it seemed…can’t imagine life without…

This husband of mine…joined in…actually joined in…with…I was a young parent…when they leave…it’s hard…but then…you get a chance…to be a kid again…

And so it is…this is what his lovely bride sees…the parts of this man that she is drawn to…the dad she never had…the best friend partner she never had…the son…she never had…that husband of hers…being so dad like…especially when she’s driving…the watch the speed limit…big curve coming up…gotta use those turn signals…muttered ever so eloquently from the seat of the co-pilot…makes her feel like…this is what a dad would have done…a good dad…if she’d had one…

The bff partner…not lost on her…don’t know you don’t have it…until you finally find it…the give and take…the gentle teasing…the patience…the laughter…the being stupid together…

And then there’s that kid…the joy of buying a five dollar wooden snake…slinking it across the bed…the goose from behind…as they walk up steps…and the most recent…this old gal…after having one of those all day drawn out headaches says…my headache’s better today…thanks for aaasssskkkkingggg…sarcastically drawing out the word asking…to which that man of hers…bursts out in laughter…and replies…

You just said a**…his wife…shaking her head…laughing…saying…what am I married to…a 14 year old…
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And sometimes…this husband of mine…agrees…