stolen time.

let me tell you a best-kept secret.

sometimes the best dates happen right in the middle of a family party. we might steal away to an ice-cream stand while the kids enjoy watching the jousting with grandparents.


we might walk in circles a re-see what we've already seen, only together now.

i'll say 1,000 words and he'll listen and laugh at me. then we'll find something sweet to bring back for the kids.

staying in love means you keep seeing the opportunities to sneak off and have a kiss alone, just like in the early days. it means casing a family destination for those best spots to go off together, if only for a moment.

then back to the beautiful babies, with incriminating peanut-butter-ice-cream breath.