More Than ........

• church bells
• cats toys
• pencils
• pennies
• clove cigarettes
• BBQs
• twilight
• washing my car with the power hose
• airport lights at night
• making a baby smile
• tan lines on my feet
• the first whiff of the ocean as you get close
• animal cracker boxes
• kicking my shoes off as I come home
• greek salad
• licking an ice cream cone frantically before it melts all over you
• driving under a cloud shadow, then out again
• huge coffee mugs and tiny teacups
• my blog (yeah, I said it)
• walks at sunrise
• brand new markers
• sketches of house floorplans
• ironing shirts
• night blooming jasmine
• cilantro
• compliments on my phone voice
• wrapping presents
• a long soak in the tub
• polishing silver frames
• water so cold that my breath clouds above it as I take a sip
• washing my hands in warm water
• old people's stories about their first love

I love Nick more than all these things.

But I also love all these things more because of Nick.

And yes, that's what this was about.