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It was Valentines Day. I looked at the beautiful woman
at my side. “I love you!” I said softly to Ginny.
She looked up, “I love you too!”
“I love you more!” I smiled.
Our little ritual would go on all day. “I love you! I
love you more!”
In the first months of our relationship, I always loved
her more.
“Wait a minute!” Ginny said one day. “How come you
always get to love me more? It’s not fair! I want to be able to love you
more.”
We created a schedule. I get to love her more on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Ginny has Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. We
split Sunday in half. We each have equal time to love each other more. Each
time I speak to Ginny on the phone, look into her eyes, or hold her,
we speak our words of love - one loving the other more. It has been this way
since we‘ve been together.
I get confused sometimes, forget what day it is, and
say, “I love you more.”
Ginny is quick to respond, “No way! It’s my day! I love
you more!”
A few weeks ago, Ginny and I had our grandkids for the
weekend. They were running around, playing, laughing, and crying. They did
all the things young children do. They kept us busy for two days.
On the second night, after they went to bed, Ginny and
I were sitting on the sofa exhausted. She was on her computer; I was on
mine. I looked up, “Ginny, I love you!”
She turned to me, smiled, and replied, “I love you
more!”
“No! It’s my day! I love you more!” We both smiled. She
slid across the sofa and into my arms.
I held her and realized, we had not voiced words of
love all day. The boys kept us so busy, we didn’t even take the time to say,
“I love you.”
It has been a long time since Ginny and I have had
young children in our home. I asked myself, how many couples start out
with love and promise in their future? How many couples started out saying,
“I love you!” and “I love you more!” and later, when life got busy, forgot
to say it? How many marriages have ended, because couples forgot to take a
moment from their busy lives to say, “I love you!”?
The weekend alone with our grandchildren made us both
realize, we need “our” time. Every couple needs “their” time. We need time,
if only a few minutes a day, to say, “I love you!”
If you love someone, please take a moment to say it.
Your heart will swell when you say it. It will burst when you hear it in
return.
I pray you have someone to love. I pray even more that
you make everyday Valentines. Don’t wait for a special day, to tell someone
close to your heart that you love them.
Michael T. Smith
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