Quote of the Month: March 2013

Over the last year I've started watching the TV show, Criminal Minds.  Thanks to all the repeats on A&E, I think I'm all caught up on the show.  At the beginning of each show, when the FBI agents are flying to their case, there is always a quote which foreshadows something about the case or the criminal.  The quotes are from a wide variety of people, some of whom I've never heard of before.  There was one a couple weeks ago that I really liked.
 

Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.  - author Jennifer Smith 

I thought it was appropriate for the March quote since today is today is my ten-year anniversary.  As is typical for Matt and me, he is currently deployed and so it is yet another anniversary spent apart.  It's becoming a tradition, just like watching the "highlights" section of our wedding DVD, as the kids and I did tonight after dinner.  Matt got to call from the ship, so that was a nice surprise.  An equally pleasant surprise was the card and "gift" I received from Leah and Aaron this morning. 

Leah has been asking me for days, "How many days until your anniversary?"  When I told her today was the day, she ran into her room and came out with a shoe box colored with crayons and tied with a ribbon.  When I opened it there was a red, heart-shaped card that she wrote and all kinds of "treasures" including, but not limited to:  origami pinwheels, pencils, and a "slingshot" (which is actually some contraption Leah and Aaron created by rubber banding some plastic Fisher Price camping toy pieces together).  It was super-sweet and Leah and Aaron were so happy to share their goodies with me.  I can't wait until Matt comes home and he can see our gifts for himself.