My Mom is Awesome

My mom volunteered to take the kids to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday, which she followed up with taking them to her house and feeding them dinner. That opened a door for my wife and I to go on a date without the slightest bit of regret that we would be "ditching" the kids for it. Neither of us dressed up for the affair... it wasn't that kind of date, but we did go to a restaurant together that we enjoy and then to a fancy upscale grocer together so that we could get lovely things we probably don't really need. It was quite fun.

These are the kinds of things that make our relationship work, I think, though. Sometimes there's the big dress-up dates, and most of the time there's the kind of "date" where I cook for the whole family, usually while she works or gets something done in the garden. Most of the time, though, there's regular everyday romance that we get to enjoy because we put romance into them. How? It's pretty simple. We just decide that during that time, we're going to focus on enjoying each other's company and not be bothered or distracted by a bunch of other crap. Instant romance without the fuss (which, I stress, still should come up from time to time, like often enough).

So, I have to stress again how awesome my mom is. A good man should love his mom, which doesn't necessarily mean he's a momma's boy (my mom drives me slightly crazy, honestly, but I think the world of her anyway). Chances are, in fact, that a good mom stands behind many a good man, particularly when she volunteers to take the children for a while.