that I feel very grateful that I have a partner
who not only takes care of our family every day,
but who also takes extra special care of me when I’m sick.
A partner who
surprised me with the special Amish Egg Custard that my Nanny used to deliver to me when I was little,
and the certain type of chicken soup that my Mommom would let me have, after she’d pick me up early from school when I was sick,
and who knows that after I take a spoonful of red cough medicine,
or suck on a minty lozenge,
I will sneeze
two times.
So thank you, love
for taking care of me
in sickness
and in health
and in sneezing fits
and in everything in between.