Love Notes

Rob writes me love notes. He always has actually, but typically on little post-its and I find them in random places. I always love those notes. He is probably the most corny person to the average human being, but to me, he is perfectly romantic. Lately he has been emailing me these love notes. I typically check my email every day, but knowing that there might be a love note makes me pretty religious about it. He will be so embarrassed by this, but this is my journal. This will be printed and bound and sitting on our bookshelf, full of memories leading up to the wedding.. and these notes will be a very fond memory. He sent me this yesterday night, after our quarrel the devil so nicely gave us.. I love this man so deeply.

"Thank you so much for last night! Walking around the temple grounds after the baptisms made me realize how much I love you and how excited I am to enter into the covenant of eternal marriage with you! I will love you everyday, honor you everyday, kiss you everyday, hug you every day, cuddle with you every day, be that person you can lean on when you are tired and pick you up and carry you when you feel like giving up. I will be the man for you who honors his preisthood and treats you right. last night made me realize that I cant be selfish and one sided and so I am sorry for the times that I make the mean face or say hurtful things to you. I want you to know that I love you and I will work every day and every night trying to always treat you right and always making sure you know how much you mean to me.

I love you, Rob"

Can you see why I love him so much? He is always so good at expressing his emotions. Whether it be on paper or in person, he always knows exactly what to say to make me smile. Today my letter was all about how excited he was to marry me because he loves how we laugh together, and he cannot wait to laugh through the eternities. I am hoping we keep that up, learning to laugh seems to make situations much more enjoyable. He does know how to get me smiling. I love my Rob so much I can barely explain it. He is so thoughtful and sweet, and tries his best at everything he does.

When we went to the temple on Wed. there were not a lot of endowed priesthood holders, and so Rob was assigned to be one of the witnesses. I was beaming. I was so happy to see him sitting there, knowing that he honors his preisthood and was worthy to be in that position. It was incredible to watch, and something that meant more to me than I think he realizes. It seems so simple, but yet, our life was slowly flashing before me when I was watching him sit there. I saw baptisms, father's blessings, and all the special ordinances that we get to participate in, all because he honors his priesthood. President Zundell, in our marriage meeting, said that my job is to be gracious and support him so that he is able to properly use his priesthood. That sort of caught me off guard, because my first thought was that its his priesthood, so he should be in charge of it. Not true at all. It will be my priesthood as well. Behind every great man, lies a great woman. We women have so much power. We set the tone for our home. We can produce negativity, or we can push those in our home to be positive and uplift them in the process. We can promote laziness, or we can help those in our home set goals to be more successful. We can be selfish, or we can support those in our home to achieve greater heights, even if it does not meet our specific needs at that moment. Just knowing it benefits them should be reason enough to support it. We have the ability to be great supporters and encourage greater things in our homes, so what an important duty we have. It is our job to make sure our home is always at its best, always trying to be better, and always following the Lord's way. It is very simple, I am sure it can be extremely difficult at times, but these actions will bless my home incredibly. I cannot let the negativity of this devil I speak of to bring my spirits down, because my choices affect Rob just as much. I will be in charge of his eternal exaultation, just as he will be in charge of mine. It is my duty to make sure my choices and my attitude are always in line, because those choices and attitudes will soon affect him greater than me at times. Same goes for Rob. I will try harder to lift Rob up and encourage nothing but his best, because he is capable of great things, and he deserves the best. He has this sort of quiet power, and I feel honored that it is my job to bring that out of him. So thank you President Zundell, your words will always stay with me.