for andrew, just because it's thursday and i miss him.

"you are my favorite person in the whole world.  and that includes the imaginary ones."

this is my hubs, walking amidst the dreamy echo of cow bells and rolling jade hills in switzerland, circa 2009.  yeah...pretty amazing stuff, huh?

when i see this picture of him, or any photo of him for that matter, i get completely overwhelmed with a sense of happiness and gratitude that both simultaneously fill me up like an overblown balloon on the verge of popping.  these precious feelings come full force, knocking me over and enveloping every inch of my being on a daily basis, making me feel as though i can't catch my breath.    

looking at this photo on this crazy thursday morning {when i miss my man SO much like i always do mid week} has this same riveting effect.  it's crazy seeing your whole world right there before your very eyes, suspended in time....a beautiful moment completely frozen for me to look at and hold in my hand whenever i so please. 

i cannot help but think...

"everything i love in life is right there, in that little photo.  i mean, right there!  my whole world. {minus sweet stella vivienne, of course}."

it's such a delicately wonderful and astounding thought. 

and sometimes, only sometimes, it causes salty tears to brim, but not quite fall.  never tears of sadness, but tears of sheer thankfulness that life is being beyond kind to me.  those droplets of water not committing to drop, will just sit there, quivering, waiting to see him and feel those arms wrap tightly around what has missed him all day.