It's the Little Things

Grand gestures are wonderful. What woman does not like getting swept off her feet in one way or another? But it is the little things in life that leave a longer lasting grin...

Like the time he returned from his year-long deployment a month early [due to receiving his Green to Gold scholarship]. It was 2 weeks before our wedding [by the time he left his post, set up shop in Virginia and came up to Maine to claim his bride] and he walked off the plane in his ACU's. Why? He knew I had waited a year to be at his redeployment ceremony and now that he wouldn't have one, he wanted me to have "the moment" of seeing him post-deployment. It's the little things. 

Or the time I was missing the New England fall more than I could even explain to him and he came home from school with a beautiful arrangement of fall flowers - and even put them in a vase on display for me to come home to. It's the little things. 

I even had a meltdown once (over spilled coffee of all things... I hate to confess) and rather than trying to figure out why on earth his new wife was such a mess, he picked up my head (which yes, was on the floor in a heap of tears) and placed it in his lap and just stroked my hair until the tears ceased. It's the little things.  

And today when I opened my fridge for some water...

I say once again... It's the little things. :)