Short of throwing 2 of the 4 pillows on my bed at the back of my sudd-muffins head, I instead just blurted out, "You have earned 3 minutes of uninterrupted face time - with me." Inside, my eyes were closed tight and I was saying, please do it, please do it baby.
Him: "Three minutes? Three minutes??"
Me: Yes
Sudd-muffin: Ok.
He did it. He put down the controller. I got my android phone and set my stopwatch app for 3 minutes. Laid down on the bed we both did. Face to face we lay and commenced to stare at each other intently. For 3 minutes.
The laughter bubbled up and out of me at the ridiculousness of this spur of the moment exercise. We stared. He made comments about the gray spots I have on my eyes. I made comments about his nose and his wonderfully cleft chin.
We were studying each other so intently that I didn't here the stopwatch go off.
I snatched up my phone thinking that stupid app didn't work. It did. The minutes passed so quickly that they were over before we knew it. We went in for another 3 minutes.
This time we were silent. It was different. I liked it. He was actually looking at me. He was seeing me.
You may think I am crazy and no way this married couple actually did this. Ha - oh yes the heck we did. I love my hubby. I want our marriage to go the distance. If that means coming up with dumb 3 minute exercises - then so be it.
That 6 minutes was the longest time he has spent looking at my face since we stood at the alter.
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