Life between the adventures.

I sit here and think of all that has transpired since we met.

To me, we have had some pretty big life events happen in a short time.

(But that is what happens when you meet and recognize your soulmate, so hey– no time to waste!)

I think of the fun,

the trips,

the things we look forward to.

Some of those things we look to the future for might be further away–

like visiting a destination that requires a plane ticket,

or deciding to buy property.

Regardless, they are the things that makes the future exciting,

something to anticipate,

something to anchor to.

There is a lot of emphasis on relationship “milestones”.

But truly,

the real magic happens on those days outside those milestones.

Those random good morning exchanges while sipping coffee, getting ready for work.

Or planning a simple dinner and finding ways to use up those cucumbers sitting in the crisper.

It’s also during those times driving,

and catching a glimpse of a side street we didn’t know existed and wonder what lies down that road,

and then we add it too our long ‘to do’s’ of things to explore and see.

Call them basic days.

The everyday.

The ordinary, even.

But those moments in between, are anything but mundane.

It’s like the subtle silence between music notes…

you need them to feel harmony, balance, and flow.

Like the old saying goes,

“It’s the little things.”

They compound,

the grow,

and they shape the ordinary days

to make them feel like anything but.

❤️