Song of Songs 7:10
"I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me."
I LOVE my husband. I love, love, love Dustin Bagby. I can't get enough of him these days, actually I never could get enough of him. From the moment I became friends with Dustin I wanted to be with him all the time. Dating long distance made me want to spend more and more time with him. After getting married I thought maybe I would get tired of being with him day in and day out, but that has yet to happen.
(By the way, right now Dustin is in the other room rationally explaining to Gram why he needs to sleep in until 7:30 tomorrow morning.. you know..because it's Saturday and it's a day off. I can only imagine what Gram's face looks like!)
I digress, these days time with Dustin is...different. Well, it's shared mainly - shared with Gram, the love of both of our lives. We don't get as much quality time together. It's been an adjustment, a somewhat hard adjustment at times. To be real honest, it's hard for me to share Dustin sometimes because I love his love so much, I want it all for myself! With Gram, however, it's been different. I love to sit and watch Dustin with Gram, I love to listen to Dustin's growls and Gram's laughter, I love to see Dustin be so silly and Gram completely eat it up. Quality time with Dustin now often includes quality time with Gram. And I'm perfectly happy about that.
However, we still need time just the two of us. I most feel the effects of not living near family during the times when I miss Dustin the most, knowing that I can't schedule the grandparents to babysit Gram on a weekly basis giving us a regular date night, or call them up last minute so we can have a quiet cup of coffee together. I was really feeling disconnected and completely exhausted after last week, I knew I needed some good ol' Dusty time.
Thanks to Mallory, she watched Gram on Monday morning for a few hours so Dustin and I could hang out. I had no idea how much this time together would help rejuvenate and strengthen me, but that's what it did. Gram hasn't been sleeping the greatest this week, but I don't care. I feel like I have all of this energy now, just from a few quality hours with my hubby. Praise God!
I have just been reminded how important our marriage relationship is, how important it is to keep it healthy and alive for the sanity of both of us and Gram. I was reminded of how perfect Dustin is for me, how he revives me when I'm at my wits end, how he makes me laugh when I feel like crying, how (all cheesiness aside) he really does complete me. I am thankful to have him in my life every moment of every day. I'm thankful he's Gram's dad. I'm thankful he loves me more than anyone else in the whole world. I'm thankful for my beloved, thankful that he is mine and I am his.
You guys are definetly PERFECT for each other!