One of those days where everything that Dave did made me love him more.

"I've got a surprise. Want to go for a ride with me? Can you guess which restaurant?" (Famous Dave's.)

"How is 11:30 for lunch with Marcia?" (Outcome of a very sweet conversation with a sweet ex-relative in the family.)

"You should go, but take a nap first. You shouldn't be overtired." (Response to a text message/phone call that I got from my best friend who was having an extremely tough day on her first day home with a newborn.)

"Give me the time." (Dave shaking with anger that my friends Mom deciding that instead of helping her daughter and son-in-law -as promised, she'd complain about watching her dogs and insist on returning them immediately. Despite the fact that her daughter had just had major surgery, had a beautiful but premature newborn at home, and was in such pain that she couldn't speak. Dave wanted to find out exactly when she was returning the dogs so that he could intercept and tell her exactly what value he thought she has a human being.)

"I got a lot done." (Dave spent 3 hours trimming trees while I was gone.)

"Oh you saw it." (Dave placed the most beautiful roses throughout the house. Really gorgeous.)

And That's Why!!!!

Rex - our Velveteen chocolate mini-Rex bunny - is getting older and sometimes eats his food very slowly. Dave goes and sits with him and talks to him while he eats. And then he'll push the parsley and cilantro through the bars on the top of the cage so that he doesn't have to stretch too much.

They're so cute!!!

And That's Why!

I couldn't sleep, and I'd been bouncing up and down all night. I knew that I was disrupting Dave's sleep, too, so I decided to just get up and watch TV or read. After a few hours, the sun was coming up, and I went to the bathroom at the top of the stairs. Our bedroom is to the top left of the stairs. The bathroom is at the top and the spare bedroom is directly across the hall from our room.

I heard Dave get up and walk around the bed. The floor squeaked a little bit. He opened up the door, quickly, and rushed towards the spare bedroom...obviously concerned about me since I wasn't in bed. And then he stopped, took a step back, and adjusted his arm so that he wouldn't aggressively open the door. He wanted to make sure that he didn't wake me up...just in case I was in there.

He's got a totally subconscious kindness and generosity to him.

And that's why...