A Year Ago

Bill: I’ll be home around 5 pm.

Me: Really? Wow! I think there’s some steak in the freezer…can you pick up a bottle of wine on your way home?

Now

Bill: I’ll be home around 5 pm.

Me: Aw…why so late?

A Year Ago

Me: Oh, it’s 10 pm. Guess I’ll put my tea cup in the dishwasher and go to bed.

Now

Me: Oh, it’s 10 pm. If I can get this baby into her bassinet, I’ll be able to rotate that laundry and fold a load so the boys have pants to wear tomorrow.

A Year Ago

Me: Honey, would you take out the garbage?

Now

Me: Honey, would you take out the garbage…and load the dishwasher…and feed the dog…and pull the chicken out of the freezer…and find some clothes for Petey…and…

A Year Ago

Me: 4:30 am! Rise and shine! Come on, Greta, let’s go for a three-mile run! Isn’t it a beautiful, although dark, morning!

Now

Me: Huh? Wa? 5:30? Need coffee…

A Year Ago

Bill: You know that old guy at church? He was at Chosin…

Me: Oh…uh…oh.

Bill: …in Korea.

Me: Oh…uh…wow (thinking: he’s pretty old).

Now

Bill: You know that old guy at church? He was at Chosin…

Me: Oh, really? What a bloodbath! I wonder how he made it out of there? Do you think he’d tell his stories? Maybe we should interview him…

(I’ve spent the last 6 months learning more about military history than I ever thought I would want to know. I actually know who von Clausewitz is…well, I know there’s a guy named von Clausewitz who wrote a very thick book…)

A Year Ago

Bill: What’s for supper?

Me: Oh, I’m trying out this new chicken recipe I think you’ll like.

Now

Bill: What’s for supper?

Me: Hm. Hot dogs?

A Year Ago

Me: I can’t wait to have another baby!

Now

Me: You, my little girl, are so worth this messy house, the lack of sleep, and the uncreative meals!