Micro reminders

My husband has an apparent inability to shut the front door when we leave the house.  You might think that this would bother me. . .  You would be wrong.  For some strange reason, when I come home and my front door is cracked slightly, I suddenly feel a nearly overwhelming love for this man who now shares my life, my home and my front door.  (And luckily my utility bill. )  I come home to an empty house, but that door left open a tiny crack is like a little reminder that I have someone in my life who loves me and wants to take care of me.  One other sweet reminder,  He types in Dvorak.  I can't type in Dvorak, but he hates typing in Qwerty.  My computer is on the fritz, and therefore, he has graciously given me the passwords to his computer, and thereby, his entire life.  Nearly every time I pick up his computer and go to type, it comes out looking like this:  oyay.m.byo ap. ,rbe.pugnv  I often get that far before I realize the keys are set in Dvorak, and I have to erase everything, change the keyboard back, and start over.  I just have to smile because there is someone who loves and trusts me enough to give me free access to his computer, his life, his microcosm, and he doesn't even get irritated when I forget to change it back. 

Green Leaves

Today I was driving to the store and I passed a huge tree.  Most of the leaves on this  tree were green.  This is unusual because I live in Utah, and it's November.  As I drove past, I noticed something else unusual, these beautiful green leaves were dancing out of the tree.  They fluttered to the ground like wisps of emerald paper thrown one by one out a skyscraper window.  The road and grass under the tree were littered with these seemingly healthy looking leaves.  It was beautiful and somewhat discombobulating all at the same time.  I pondered how something could seem so unprepared for the changes coming, and yet, it's more ready than we realize.  People are the same way.  At least I am in my life.  I see changes coming and I think to myself, " uh oh. . . I'm not ready for this!"  Only to get out on the other side and realize that I was perfectly prepared.  In fact, if i had waited any longer, the opportunity would have been lost.  So. . . Here's to ditching the green leaves of our lives when we need to.