I have a laundry list of things I want to write about so what better way to get started.
A phone call NEVER ended without saying these 4 words. There would be times where we would just sit on the phone not saying anything because she would wait for me to say it. And just to play with her I wouldn’t say anything. Even if she had to go she would wait. She would wait for me to say those words. And only when those words were finally said would it be okay to end the call.
Often we would say those words as fast as we could … I love you, bye (not easy to demonstrate it here, but just read the words and say them fast and you get the point).
You could NEVER leave our house or her P’s house without saying those words either. It was mandatory, expected, a must-do, or else you risked facing their wrath.
She had a family where this was normal while it wasn’t quite the norm for me. Not that my fam doesn’t all love each other, it just wasn’t something we often said. So it was a little unusual for me and something I didn’t always think was 100% necessary. Not that I didn’t mean it or not want to say or hear it, it just wasn’t something I grew up accustomed to. But she did. And she expected and wanted and needed it all of the time. It’s something I said to her and she said to me many times each and every day.
I miss it
I love you