heart conversation

I was inspired by the traditional "conversation hearts" this year. At our mom's brunch we brought our wedding albums, talked about our wedding days, how we met our husbands, etc... It was an attempt to gear up for Valentine's Day and remember those initial feelings we had for our husbands, and to have a heart conversation with him. We get so caught up in making plans, talking about our daily tasks and frustrations that we seldom talk about our feelings or express in words how much we mean to one another. I used to leave all sorts of love notes to be found by Jon later in the day. Some were hidden in his text book, bag, lab coat, or in his email inbox. He has a few old email saved from when we were dating (that makes them almost six years old by now and he still saves them in his inbox). I'm embarrassed when he brings one of them up on the screen. I refuse to read it with him because it's painfully "sappy." I decided to meet in the middle today. Since Jon was going to be working on Valetine's Day, I set up an alarm to alert him of a note on his itouch. It was a short and sweet, but not an agonizing sentiment, reminder that I was thinking about him and that I loved him.
He brought both Mae and I a little gift last night (since he knew he wouldn't be home early enough tonight) to let us know he was thinking of us and loved us. Jon and I have both discussed the importance of his relationship with Mae. It's important that she receive affection and affirmation from both of us, but especially from Jon and especially as she grows into a young lady. She is years away from boyfriends, her first crush, and {gulp} her first date but she's building a great foundation with her Daddy right now and we're hoping that will stay strong. I hope that just like Jon and I, that Jon and Mae will have many heart conversations in the future.