little things.

thank you nathan for:
starting the vehicle in the winter 
before i even get out there,
and always making sure 
it is filled up with gas.
thank you for fixing the blinds
when they're crooked and loose,
straightening the string 
that's all tangled in between.
thank you for cleaning up 
the Christmas tree
and packing away 
all the season's decorations
so i can put my piano 
in the living room.
thank you for turning on the heat blanket
before we get in bed 
and doing push ups while i do my plank
so i don't have to be on the floor 
by myself.
thank you for making sure 
Liv gets her medicine twice a day, 
rubbing her with lotion and bundling her 
in pajamas
so she can't scratch her skin.
thank you for 
taking the kids out on the frozen tundra
to build snowmen, 
explore, 
and climb white mountains.
you wrestle with them 
at the end of the day
getting on the floor 
to play legos
and participate in tea parties.
thank you for 
staring at me while i get ready 
in the bathroom
and playfully distract me with 
hugs and kisses
while i am trying to get 
things 
done.
thank you for posting pictures of me 
in public 
and saying poetic things 
about 
me.
thank you for opening doors
for the last 7 years,
brushing your foot against mine
and meeting my eyes
at the dinner table 
that's now crowded 
with kids.
thank you for taking out the trash
and doing 98.9% of the laundry,
going down in the 
creepy dungee basement 
to gather specific clothes
for me that 
you have already hung to dry.
thank you for dressing up 
on our dates
so i can enjoy your fine and glorious body
all these seem like 
little things,
undetected
but i notice 
and they are actually
very big 
things.
so 
thank you.