What would you do for love? Sometimes it might be crazy thing. Or it might be giving up of your time to support your spouse and do something that is important or interesting to them.
Yesterday we were at an Australia Day ceremony where a number of immigrants had decided to become Australian citizens. It was lovely to see their families supporting them.
Just as important to me was that Mick went with me. Our choir was singing as we usually do at the Australia Day ceremony. We were supposed to sing at 12 but had to be there earlier than that.
Like all official functions it didn’t start on time, so it was actually after noon before we got started. We sang a selection of Australian songs-not Mick’s favorite type of music. Then it was time for the ceremony and the oath or affirmation from each person wanting to be an Aussie and speeches by various politicians and others.
Finally our choir stood to sing the National Anthem and then another bracket of songs, before we were free to have lunch. Unlike several of the husbands of other choir members who never come to these events, Mick always comes. One woman was complaining about her husband because he got impatient and left, leaving her to find her way home with someone else. It made me even more thankful for Mick and the support he gives me.
I started to think what things have I done for him for love? Going to watch movies that he particularly wants to see like The Dark Knight, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullThat wasn’t exactly hard though.
Mick loves books about war.(Why I don’t know, but it seems to be a guy thing) So, at one stage, I asked the publisher for Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons to review. It took me ages to wade through the book. as it’s a big book plus it’s not the type of book I find gripping. But I read it, so I could give Mick the book. Another time I got the publishers to send me Across the Face of the World by Russell Kirkpatrick. Next to war, fantasy is possibly my next least favorite genre but I knew he’d enjoy it so I reviewed it and then he got to keep the book, which he loved. He’s since read the second on thin the Husk series.
These are only little things in the scheme of life, but no less important because in each case it was a labor of love to do something that would please the other person. What would you do or have you done for your spouse out of love for them?
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