true love, playing in the rain and barn reunion

pat loves me.
i mean, i always knew that.
but he has proven it in such tangible ways the last few days.
and it's forced me to look deep in my own heart.
and seen the ugliness and selfishness and made me question how well i truly love...you know, when it's not convenient or easy or fun...hard stuff.

i definitely called him yesterday morning hysterical about the stupid blog book.
and he didn't make me feel stupid.
he calmed me down.
truly seemed to care how important it was to me.
and helped me with a "next step."
love.
TRUE love.
sounds silly, but it was SUCH true love.
he's at work.
with a million responsibilities and emails and projects and he is able to LOVE me by focusing on me for a few minutes when i really needed him to.
{i hardly ever call him at work...he knows when i do that it's important}

and today he spent some of his day trying to do what he could on his other computer.
which i know he didn't have time for.
yet he never said so.
he is just the best and i'm a very blessed woman indeed.
very blessed.

thanks to pat calming me down and my renewed sense of perspective today we had a great day.
and ended with playing in the rain!



i've also been getting ready for a very special weekend.
the 8 girls i lived with in college are having a reunion.
it's been 17 months since our last one and we were missing mary that time.
everyone is coming this time and we are gathering at my house!
pat is taking the kids to his parent's lake house to give us more space :-)

michelle flies in in a couple hours and then there will be lots of food, talking, laughing, crying and very little sleep for the next few days.

i am beside myself with excitement to see these girls.
to hug their necks and hear their voices.
COME ON, ALREADY!!!

have a great weekend!!!