Who’s the
most important person in your life — and how would your day-to-day existence be
different without them?
Of course,
the first thought that comes to mind is God, but if I go with what I think the
prompt writers mean, which is an actual flesh and blood person in my everyday
life now, then I would have to say the most important person in my life is my
husband. Even though we’ve only known
each other less than 8 years, and we’ve only been married for about 2 ½ years,
I can’t imagine the days, weeks, and months of the year going by without him in
my life.
How would my
day-to day existence be different? Well,
I wouldn’t have anyone to share my stories of the day with (whether that be a work-related
story, a dog walking story, or a story about our son’s day), and I wouldn’t
have anyone to laugh at my dumb quips or silly comments. I wouldn’t have anyone to wrap his arms
around me and give me a kiss when I or he walked in the door each evening, and
I wouldn’t have anyone to snuggle up with on cold nights. I would miss out on learning to enjoy new and
different cultural foods and all the new experiences that he’s introduced me to
over the years, and I wouldn’t know so much about how to take care of things
around the house or with my car or even how to be a good, defensive driver
because he’s taught me a lot about all of that.
It’s the little things that you don’t think about right away that you’ll
often miss, right…
Mostly, I
wouldn’t have my best friend to go hiking with on weekends or try out the new
restaurant I found during my Google search for best in the area. And I wouldn’t
be so completely comfortable just being me and being confident in my abilities
and assured of who I am and what I can do because I wasn’t all of this before
we met. I was an under-confident, fearful, hurt, and confused young woman and
mother who wasn’t even sure where to go next with her life, and he supported me
through my challenge of learning who I really was and where I needed to be, and
he let me talk it out until I figured it out while consistently providing me
with love, humor, and affection, all
while modeling such a strong sense of self that I couldn’t help but develop my
own through his example.
How would my
day-to-day existence be different? I feel sure it would be a much lonelier walk
through a life that would forever be missing something…that love of a lifetime
and what it brings to those of us lucky enough to find that person and share
our days with him or her.
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