Oh the glowing example of mixed signals that is my wife. On Saturday She "invited" me to dinner. Well she said she'd see me for dinner Sunday evening and wanted to know if 6 was still ok. (Remember we do dinner together on Sunday because it's transition time.) Dinner of course was well planned, fairly simple and as always superb. I greatly appreciated it and made sure I told her like I usually do.
Well I didn't stay long after dinner because the kids needed baths and my wife needed to work on a presentation for a meeting this morning. So the kids ran off to the tub and here she is standing on the hearth by the fire. I walk up to her to say good night. She drops her arms from behind her and I step closer placing my hands on her hips. For the first time in a year and a half she places both arms around me. I just smiled and said, well good night. With a big smile(I'd been in a great mood all day) I told her this as well, "here's what you get from me now and always." She looked me in the eyes began to smile widely and said pleasantly "it's nice" then proceeded to hug me. A two armed full on body hug, I was stunned given her attitude the last few days. Shoot I was surprised by the dinner "invite"!
We then briefly talked about tomorrow night's plans. It's her 40th birthday and I'm taking her and the girls to dinner at the restaurant of her choice. She told me where she'd like to go and it's a place we love and a place we've had some really great memories together over the years.
I'm not reading any more into any of that other than I just enjoyed the moments together last night. Life's short and we need to find the positives and enjoy each moment.
If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother Theresa
