Ok, I am officially sick of writing...
But even so, I will do my 1000 words. When I feel this way it is probably the most important time to JUST DO IT! Surely I can cough up a page!
Meanwhile, it was our 10 month anniversary for us yesterday. I got Storm his favorite Christmas movie: The Christmas Story. We watched it together while drinking mugs of hot mint tea from mint that we grew ourselves. But his gift to me was so unexpected: a set of 24 Professional Steadtler Karat watercolor pencils and a pad of heavy watercolor paper. He said: “Now you can sit on the beach in Hawaii and paint me a sunset!”
What I love about this gift is that he has really took the time to notice me and the things I like, and he somehow also managed to get me an art supply I don't already have. (quite a feat!) When I think about how blessed we were to find each other, it reminds me of this song from The Sound of Music: