Three Small Words

I'd like to write about those 3 small words said throughout the duration of a happy and blissful marriage, "It's your turn". I feel like I say this all too often, and most recently I said it to Sarah about the dishes. Similar to the laundry that we'll sleep on for days, we have no qualms putting off doing dishes. It really doesn't ever go for too long, but because I'm home during the day and really love cereal, it only takes a couple of days to have a cabinet emptied of its bowls and spoons, and the sink filled with them. Last night I said to Sarah, "Alright, if you do half, when I get home I'll do the other half" my other request was that she not sleep on my part of the laundry, that if she withstood, I'd put those away upon returning. A few hours later I came home from school to find her asleep, my laundry was pushed aside and I was able to put it away. When I made my way to the kitchen however, it seemed not a dish was touched. So, in accordance with our deal, I too went to bed with dry, unwrinkled, fingers.
Last night before sleeping I pinched a clothes pin on the curtain by our front door that read "I love you" on one side, and "you're pretty" on the other, for her to find when she left this morning. I saw it when I woke up and wondered if she'd seen it. I then thought about those dang dishes. Then I realized that a better way to show her I love her would be to pinch the clothes pin around tasks that I've done for her. Making the clothes pin stand out more, and the message of "I love you" a little more earnest. 

 Pay a little closer attention to the clothes pin,

than that stack of dishes...

So, what this little act has shown me is that "it's your turn" is not quite synonymous to "I love you", and I now want to try looking for opportunities to express, via clothes pin and deed, that I love Sarah.

P.S. She could possibly read this on her way home from work which would spoil the surprise of the completed dish pile. BUT, maybe that will make the drive more pleasant knowing it's not something she'll have to do once home.