Special Occasion

Sometime this week I heard someone say, “don’t save the china for special occasions”, this inspired me to pull ours out and create our own special occasion. While Brandon was waking up from a nap, I tied a note to Louis’ collar inviting him to dinner, and sent him in to see Brandon. B accepted my invitation, and we had the most beautiful evening together. Dressed up, we dined with our fanciest dinnerware, poured our drinks in heirloom crystal glasses, and shared a dessert plate. 

Just like everyone else, we’ve been adjusting to a lot. We’ve both been working from home, (which we are so grateful for), but we’ve also have had more down time together. While it’s so tempting to stay in sweats, and be less purposed when it comes to romance because you feel like you’re together 24/4 anyway, it is so important to cultivate experiences that create memories and connection. I know we’re all doing our very best right now, but through all the chaos lately, we hadn’t been super intentional with us… It was so nice to stop everything and indulge in each other last night. It was wonderful, and centered our focus back onto what matters most.

I want to encourage you, your spouse, your family, to treat more moments like they’re special occasion moments. There’s too much to be grateful for than ungrateful, there’s still so much good going on to celebrate. We’re now going on our 8th movie night/pj party in a row, but I’m so dang thankful that I get to be here with him, enjoying his company, cracking each other up, playing games, falling deeper in love and closer to each other. I know staying seated in gratitude, and celebrating each other are both investments we’ll never regret making. 

Through it all, I’ll stay thankful.