This anniversary week, I recall true love that I was blessed to see in my parents...
Grocery shopping with my dad is an unparalleled experience. He scours labels; he calculates cost per ounce (long before stores began actually publishing that information); he whistles riffs to the Muzak; he knows the cashier or their bosses (a visit to the bread store, for example, would always include the cashier leaning in and, in a hushed tone, intimate which twisties were on the freshest bread.)
Selecting fruit took minutes of study. What Dad always did with me was instruct me to find the biggest, best one, the unblemished, most spectacular piece. That one was for mom. We'd bag it and begin looking for the others.
Every time, just by rote, we were finding the best for her.
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totally love that story.. and totally adore how your dad thought of your mom first...
ReplyDeleteMy grocery store memory with Dad involves Dad and Mom holding hands. In the grocery store. (If she wasn't there, he would always reach his hand out to even hold mine.)
ReplyDeleteHow about when Dad was flirting with Mom and called her his "trich stop babe"...I never really got that, but it made Mom blush.
Or, if we ever dared to get snotty with Mom, Dad would be there in a flash to set us straight.
Dad getting up to make breakfast every morning so that Mom could sleep a few extra minutes (she had probably been up with a baby all night...for 20 years!)
Amazing love, with all the bells and whistles. I think the bells are on their toes.
One can only hope for a love like that. I know I do.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your mom and dad. Its nice to know true love does exist. Thank you for sharing.
ml
Hey, not sure how I arrived here, but glad to see your blog.. God bless you all,
ReplyDeleteI am also in your trisomy world.. my daughter is full trisomy 13. We have two sites, one is our early journey,
http://www.thehealingpowerofprayer.com and another
http://www.livingwithtrisomy13.org with many trisomy 13 stories and pics.
We have several beautiful presentations of trisomy 18 slideshows http://www.livingwithtrisomy13.org/trisomy-13-videos.htm
as well as many trisomy resourceful links.
off the support pages. Prenatal and General support pages.
Are you aware there is a trisomy convention this July in Denver? Through SOFT... We'll be going this year.
If you want more info or would like to visit, email me, I'm in Calif.
Just wanted to be sure you've tapped into the many resources available to our trisomy families, especially the EPSTD programs that most states offer for our severely disabled children..its a federal program...
Blessings,
ThereseAnn, mom to Natalia full t13, 7 yrs.
My favorite anniversary memory is from a few years ago. Mom had asked me to water the flowers at their house while they were gone. When I arrived I was reading the note left for me on the table. While I was reading I noticed the gift Dad had made for Mom. As I turned to look closer I realzed that our Dad had written her a letter. A letter! In this very intimate letter was an expression of love that I can't even explain. It immediately brought tears to my eyes. I called one of my sisters and read it to her and we both were crying. I am very blessed to have parents that no matter what they have been through there is a loving foundation built on CHRIST!
ReplyDeleteThank you MOM and DAD! By the way this letter was framed and hung in their house. If you visit please read it!
LOVE,
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