All I worship and adore...

It's true Daddy is and can be very sentimental. In some ways very different than mouse...an example might be he can recall what mouse wore on day we met. Honestly, mouse couldn't tell you what he was wearing...However she does recall the second time, because he looked so yummy in his charcoal gray suit with the red power tie.

He recalls the date mouse offered herself to him. All mouse remembers it was a Friday night in May and he moved in, the same weekend. Now mouse does remember the big dates, like the day we married -- all the birthdays...etc. But he recalls the day he asked mouse to marry him and how she responded...It's true, mouse didn't feel marriage was really needed. However, laughing might not have been the best way to make that point. Daddy wasn't put off by it in the least, because he knew mouse would balk at the idea. The ring remained in a box until mouse decided that it was in fact what she wanted. And it really was what she wanted.

Our wedding simple, just a few family and close friends. He wore tan khaki pants, sandals and a blue button down shirt...while mouse wore a pale blue sundress, had a horrible hair day that he pretended not to notice...

After the ceremony everyone returned to our hotel suite for a little reception. The only song mouse can recall about the day was hearing Fly Me To The Moon, and dancing with Daddy to that. The red power tie did come out after everyone left. Really, mouse can't complain about it either.

The honest truth is that despite our ups and downs our connection and devotion to each other remains very strong. We really do help each other, while it can seem very one-sided at times, mouse wouldn't change anything for anything in the world. Daddy is the one mouse worships!

On Formspring someone asked an interesting question about dealing with outside stress (presumably mouse's personal stresses) and still making him (Daddy) happy. Really, after the post on bickering found here, it's funny this question came up after.

The truth is really we can't always avoid stress, and recently mouse has felt more than her share of stress and anxiety. What's she's learned (that Daddy has taught her) is to focus on one thing at a time. Meditation helps, conscious breathing can work too to relieve the stress. If the stress gets to be too much, then mouse has learned to ask for help from him.

But really often mouse has found, the act of doing something for someone else can help to clear her head of stress. So the act of cooking dinner, even when stressed out about other issues can actually be helpful (and often the meal comes out superb -- which mouse can't explain why). The thought of knowing he's coming home and has had his to deal with his own stresses throughout the day, can make mouse pause. That's good because she then refocus her energy onto him where it belongs.

Really hope that helped.

Song selection: Fly Me to the Moon; Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra version