If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it. I read it several years ago on my own, and somehow Aaron was finally convinced to read it with me last year. I'll do my best to explain it, but I won't do the book any justice so just read it :) It talks about how everybody feels loved in different ways, and the "way" we feel loved is a language, and each language has it's own dialects.
At the end of each chapter, there is a list of things to try if your significant other speaks that love language. When we finished the book, I typed up all the "to do" lists from the book, and we spent some time talking about which ones would fill our love tanks. We gave each other our highlighted/marked up lists. That was in the summer of 2011. Here it is, February 2012 and Aaron is doing one of the big things.
Monday when I woke up, Aaron told me there were strawberries in the fridge for me.
Tuesday, he got me noxzema. Might sound lame, but he noticed I was out (HUGE!) and knows that I often forget to pick it up. It had a note, "I LOVE YOU!"
Wednesday, a bag of kiwi fruit with a note "strawberries are better with kiwi! Enjoy, I love you!"
Thursday, a box of hair dye. He knows how much I love to dye my hair, but I avoid doing it because HE doesn't usually like it (more because of the cost than anything).
Friday (today) I woke up to my favorite cereal.
He tells me that tomorrow is the "grand finale" so only time will tell what that is! I've never been good at expressing myself. Not even good at saying "thanks" and I know it bothers people. (side note, Karleah is EXACTLY the same! lol) Aaron keeps asking if I even like what he's done for me and I feel terrible that I'm not giving the appreciation he deserves. I know a small part of it is that I'm still having small issues with food, but Aaron, I LOVE the things you've been doing. I hope to show how much you mean to ME in return. I'm sorry that my reactions have not been what you hoped for, but the gifts have meant a lot to me.
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