What True Love Looks Like September 29, 2008

So at first glance all you seem to be looking at is a random office desk, some files and a microwave…right?  Not to me.  You see…look at the left hand side of the photo and you will see a unopened water bottle gently placed atop a randomly  placed microwave…amongst office supplies…strange…?  Not to me.   …let me go back a step…follow me here…

For those of you who do not know…I have recently moved in with my children to my mother and fathers home due to a recent divorce.  Life has been tough but we are loved and extremely grateful to have the unconditional support we receive in this home.  So…my 2 children and I share one bedroom and on nights when I need extra good sleep…which is pretty much every night…my dad allows me to crash on the bed in his office to escape the nighttime grunts and moans of the children….

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Oftentimes my dad will hear me make my nightly trips (or super early trips) down to the fridge…making a bottle like a zombie…sticking it in the microwave and trying to rush back up the stairs without injuring myself in my sleepy stuper to get the bottle in the mouth before one child wakes the other…exhausting.

So…today I come up to my little office getaway (which is usually less than relaxing with papers flying from one end to the next)…to find everything at peace, organized, and restful…so I thinking “wow, dad was ambitious today!”…and then I look over and my heart melted.  He had done this for me. 

Strategically placed between the desk and the filing cabinet is a lovingly placed microwave…for heating the midnight bottle… along with an unopened bottle of water…to keep me from having to run the gauntlet.  He never says a word, just wants to show love.

Some people want diamonds or elaborate vacations…this is true love.