Loving

Maybe loving is about waiting,

About just doing what has to be done, 

Then sitting patiently. 

Patiently until the other person is done. 

Patiently until they are ready.

Until they are comfortable. 

Maybe loving is just about being there~ 

Being available to talk

Or go for a walk. 

About just being. 

Being silently side-by-side. 

About the deep conversations that silence can hold in love.

And maybe, just maybe, 

Loving is about their needs first

And not selfishly considering our own.

Maybe it is about who we need to become to better fit them.

All the while they are becoming who they need to be to better fit us. 

And maybe loving is washing dishes together

And shoveling snow together

And being short on cash together one year

And having a nice vacation together the next year. 

And staying up all night with sick children together. 

Maybe

Loving is about what it takes to do it all 

Together.