The "Over" Position

Joe,
Thank you for cleaning basically the whole house today. I have no idea how you cooked and ate breakfast, showered, got ready for work, cleaned up the kitchen, bedroom and living room…all in an hour and a half; while I sat in my office working with the door closed, completely unaware.

We knelt down and had our morning prayer together before you left and I noticed that you’d arranged the pillows on the couch. And then when I got a break later in the morning, I wandered into the kitchen for lunch and saw that you’d cleaned up the burnt spaghetti squash mess I made.

Then I got a text from you to check our Love Notes book and as I walked into the bedroom, I saw that not only was the bed totally made, but my clothes I’d hurriedly thrown onto the dresser, were laid out neatly. And if all of that already wasn’t enough, I went in the bathroom to grab a tissue for Jackson and noticed you put the toilet paper roll on in the “over” position.

The way you hate it, but the way I like it.

And lets just talk for a minute about how you are always offering me the last of something. Like the leftover spaghetti this morning. Sure, sometimes you shortstop me when I ask for a drink of your milk or soda, but when it really matters, you are so selfless and think of me first.

Thank you for squeeging the shower every time even though I know it’s annoying. Thank you for using the sweetest voice with Jackson even when you are stressed out or when its 5AM and you’re getting up to take him out into the cold. Thank you for telling me you love me all the time. And for being the one who reminds us to pray most of the time.
I love you more every single day.