Love Notes

love [luhv] noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.
1.    a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

2.

a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection,as for a parent, child, or friend.

Love is my word for the year i really need to work on showing love in all aspects of my life i.e relationships, (being a "LOVING" wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend) household chores, sunday school. you name something, and i probably need to show more love.

my husband and i had a date night on saturday. it was way over due. december took us by storm as it always does. (i always promise myself it wont) our last "date night" was a weekend in SLO for our 13th anniversary in november (our anniversary is in september). i think that life in general is taking us by storm. everyday is full. 

we got an outback gift card for christmas from my dad and step mom so we decided to go there. by the time we got the boy settled and made it to the restaurant it was close to 7 the wait for 2 was 75 minutes. it was a long day and we were starving. *i have dinner on the table by 5:45 every evening. needless to say we were not waiting. as we were walking out i new just where i wanted to go...

P.F. Changs 

my brother works there. i haven't seen my brother very much in the last 6 months, which is a big change. have i mentioned we lived with my brother for 2.5 years. we parted ways in may. that sorta makes it sound like we parted ways on bad terms. we didn't. his life is just as busy as ours he went back to school to get his teaching credential after deciding that advertising was not his cup of tea. 

i am guilty of not going out of my way to see him. shameful i know. so when he saw us sitting in the bar waiting for a table in his section his smile grew from a smirk to an ear to ear grin. he said "you know this is the first time anyone from our family has ever sat in my section. thanks you guys. this is awesome!" now that made me sad. he's worked there for 2+ years. (i guess that show how often we get out) LOL

i know it may sound silly, but our little tiny act of going to his restaurant for dinner showed him tons of love he was thankful and so were we.

when our bill came, my husband opened the bill fold and on the receipt was a love note  i'm a girl and i'm sappy, so i may have shed a tear or two. it was so sweet and i will cherish it forever.

to the outside world, we grow old. but not brothers and sister. we know each other as we always were. we know each others hearts. we share private family jokes. we remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. we live outside the touch of time.

~ Carla Ortega

do you reach out to your siblings and show them that you love them? 

today give them a call and tell them you do.
or write them a
love note
and send it in the mail. who doesn't love happy mail?
it's easy

5 ticks of your time will mean the world to them.