mother's day....

Mother's Day is never really about Mother's Day to me.  This is the day that Trent showed up at my door with flowers and a card (probably purchased last minute on the way to my house) and asked me out on a real "date" for the first time.  It is the day he first let me know how he was thinking of me, and it was the day I started to wonder what we were becoming.  It has been 10 years now, and no we are not going to start the counting over just because we took a break from each other.  We really spent an entire two years trying not to have a relationship anymore, and occasionally we succeeded quite well.  But, mostly we just succeeded at hurting each other and trying to "get even".  Pretty stupid. That is what makes this year so awesome.  It is better than all the years before because we know what we are choosing, and we want it.  Also, we are no longer doing that things that brought us to the place we were 2 years ago, the place where we decided to go separate ways.  Things are wonderful right now, not  because everything is perfect, but because once again we are working together and loving it.  We are partners again, and because we both feel like we are getting what we need and want from the relationship again, not like we are being abandoned by it.  Loving each other and loving the kids and working toward our dreams again...I know you've heard me say that those are the only things I care about in life, and I have my hero at my side again!  Happy Mother's Day to me!