The Differences Between Us

List of items on husband's bedside table....

• Alarm clock (set at exactly correct time)
• Book he is currently reading.
• Box of tissues
• Lamp

List of items on my bedside table

• Box of tissues
• Book I am reading currently
• Books I am about to read
• Books I have read and haven't got round to putting away
• Photo of husband and children (In case I forget what they look like?)
• Pair of £2 glasses for reading
• Second pair of £2 glasses to use when I can't find the first pair because I'm using them as a bookmark
• Watch and rings which I have taken off when I realised I was wearing them in bed
• Body lotion for scaly limbs
• Nail varnish
• Clock (set ten minutes fast to give me an extra ten minutes in bed. Yes it does make sense and I know my clock is slower on the photo but I took my picture at a different time)
• Lamp
• Notebook and pen for genius like thoughts that may strike in the middle of the night - or alternatively, shopping lists

So we are not exactly carbon copies of each other - my chap and me. Yet, I know that as in most good relationships, it is the differences  between us that cement us together and keep life interesting. He's very patient and I was sent to develop that patience by trying it at every opportunity. So, quietly and without any great fanfare, I would like to use a day we never celebrate to say thank-you., bless you and all the other stuff which ain't no body's business but ours.