love birds

i recently ran across this journal entry i wrote awhile ago about pete. i was so happy that i wrote it and so happy to have found it again during pete-a-kah! so here's my pete-a-kah gift today....

"i loved my my early morning walk this morning. i loved the clear sky and crisp air. i loved the quiet streets, and i loved knowing that pete and the boys were at home and would be waiting for my return. but the part i loved the best was the birds. i heard one couple calling to each other. one was on the rooftop and the other was in a tree right above me. i watched the bird on the roof calling and watching the bird in the tree. the call was so loud, so clear, so purposeful. i loved the obvious response call. i haven't been able to stop thinking about that. i know very little about birds, but i do know some have mating calls. i think i was witnessing that call today. i thought about my mating call to pete. is it as obvious and as focused as the birds i saw this morning? what am i calling? what is my call? what do i want it to be? after pondering that question throughout the walk and day, i now know what i want my call to say to him. i want to call to pete that i trust him, that i support him, that i will follow him anywhere, that my life is about him, too. i want my call to be as loud and as purposeful as the birds today on my morning walk."