because {love thursday}

a photo that appeared in jonny's flickr photostream last evening.

he took it in our front yard when we had a brief break in the rain.

i gave him that frog about seven years ago.

sigh. there goes my heart.

because you seem to never mind when i sing my heart out in the car

because you embrace who i am (even when i haven't showered)

because you make sure i eat every night

because you annoy me until i remember to stop taking things so seriously

because you spent your spring break in the midst of a movie that might rival elizabethtown

because you say things like whatever you need to do when i ask you if i should get a nose ring, or a tatoo, or how the list goes on

because you send me emails in the middle of the day so i feel less alone

because you believe i can

because you remembered

these are (some of) the reasons

i adore you.

(happy love thursday)

constant friendship {love thursday}

miss millie patiently waits for us to head to bed, 8.27.08

my constant companion throughout my days.

she follows me around the house.

sighing when we finally settle into a room where i will work while she watches me, listens for squirrels and the mailman, and snoozes.

she came to stay just days after traveler died. we were just going to "foster" her for the rescue. but, of course, she knew she had come to stay forever.

when she rests her head on my foot when we curl up for a midday nap, i feel a certainty that all is as it should be in that moment.

she is one of my teachers as she seeks and sniffs and knows when to rest and knows when to play and knows just when to nudge me as if to say, "everything is gonna be alright."

she has a place right in the middle of my heart.

(more love thursday here)