Dave and Deep Thoughts

Here's my point with today's post:

Dave makes me laugh at even the scary stuff in life. And I appreciate that so dang much.

So, on with the post.

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A few years ago Dave and I both read a book by Richard Carlson (and his wife) called "An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love." The book is actually a letter that the author wrote to his wife as an anniversary present one year. And in this letter Carlson shares all that he would say to his wife if he only had an hour to live.

It was hypothetical; he didn't really have an hour to live.

He had 3 years.

Only, he didn't know that at the time. Carlson died of a pulminary ambolism at the age of 45 (unexpectedly).

It seems like a horrible irony--that this letter would somehow foreshadow what was to come.

And it is.

But the point of the book/letter (it was published after his death) is that we shouldn't take LIFE for granted. And, that life truly is a miracle/blessing/joy.

It's a great message. One that has stuck with both Dave and I.

SO, just how does this relate to Dave and deep thoughts?

Well, we're at an appointment yesterday and Dave leans over to me and says, "I love you. I was thinking I should probably write one of those letters like Carlson's, 'An Hour to Live' and tell you all of the reasons why I love you."

(No, I'm not dying. He was just being thoughtful because it was just the first time in 2 solid years that we've been alone together. Serious folks.)

So, I said to him, "You're going to make me cry. I love you."

To which Dave said, "But then I was thinking I don't really want to die in 3 years, so I thought I'd pass."

I don't know why, but I just couldn't stop laughing. It was so dang funny to me.

I love to laugh. And I love it even more when I laugh with Dave.

(PS: I realize I'm in some kind of "Dave is Awesome" blog-mode. I don't know why, but it seems like this year has been a good bonding year for us. And because our lives aren't always perfect, I want to make sure and document the times they are good. Then I can look back and say, "see, in the big pix. it's all good." And days like yesterday remind me of that, "In the big picture, it's all good.")