My dad didn't take my mom "out" on dates. He saw it as wasteful. He was a product of the depression and fortunately mom and he agreed about this area of real life need... BUT, when it came time to "can" the garden there was daddy right beside her... working every bit as hard until the last piece of fruit was preserved... and they laughed and joked and sang together doing it... for them that was a major enjoyment... They also enjoyed sitting and watching old movies together. They had quite a nice "record collection"... they would play Glen Miller or Tommy Dorsey and really enjoy the music together... At daddy's funeral my oldest brother said it right when he said... "They didn't have a formal date every week. For them every evening was a date night while the fixed dinner together... once they were retired every day they would have mini dates through out the day... It wasn't a time set aside to be connected... they were connected ALL the time... They found it hard to make time to be disconnected..." I believe that is the way Heavenly Father intended it. And I know that for daddy that 5 weeks of disconnect after momma died was terrible. I saw that in Pres Hinckley's face after sister Hinckley passed... his face never looked quite as happy again to me. For spouses that have "become one" being apart is un-natural, and apart has nothing to do with "the physical".
Saturday, September 13
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