My marriage is not perfect. In fact, I started this blog over two years ago, because my marriage wasn’t perfect. I was a mess, the marriage was a mess, and I needed an outlet. (Writing, people. My outlet was writing.)
Fast forward to today, and my marriage is solid, not perfect – solid. Rob and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary later this year, and it has taken us nearly 9 years to solidify our marriage.
On Sunday morning, Rob made breakfast for the boys. Rob adhered to the boys’ request, and he made pancakes.
While I was drying my hair, Joe came to me and asked if I wanted a pancake. “No thank you.” I said.
“How come you never want a pancake?” Joe asked.
I smiled. “I don’t know; I just don’t want one.”
“Daddy makes really good pancakes.” Joe says. His facial expression is bright and cheery, and I can tell he really wants me to have a pancake.
“Okay,” I concede. “I”ll have a pancake. Just put it aside, and I’ll come eat it when I am done drying my hair.”
Less than 3 minutes later, Joe returns. “Do you want any maple syrup or honey?”
“No thank you, Sweetie.” I say.
Less than 2 minutes later, Charlie comes in the bathroom. “Mommy!” He says with a huge grin. “Look at my pancake!”
I look down and see a masterpiece. “Oh my gosh, Charlie! That is great!”
“Daddy made it!” He says proudly.
“Daddy rocks!” I say. “Hey Charlie, may I take a picture of that?”
“Sure.” And, he heads down the hall carefully carrying his plate. “Daddy! Mommy is going to take a picture of my pancake.”
I grab the camera, and I walk into the dinning room. When I enter the room, I’m amazed. We all have our own personalized pancake.
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I am not the perfect wife, and I did not marry the perfect husband. Rob and I have our moments of stubbornness, our idiosyncrasies, and our miscellaneous annoying habits. In spite of that – all of that – we stand together, committed to our marriage and the vow we made. No one is more grateful for that fact than I. I have put Rob through so much, and I commend him for standing beside me through all of it.
My husband, Rob, Daddy – whatever label you give him – is a wonderful man and a wonderful maker of personalized pancakes. Today, Tuesday February 14th, and every day forthcoming, one thing is for certain:
The End
Lenore's Thoughts Exactly 
Aw so sweet Lenore! I want a personalised pancake 🙂 Happy Valentine’s!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, Victoria. (A day late, I know.) I can’t wait to read your short story. Thanks for visiting me!
No one’s marriage is perfect. But it has it’s perfect moments. This is one of them. Love those pancakes!
You hit the nail on the head, January. This was a perfect moment, and for me – that is good enough.
Cheers! Thank you for visiting.
Kudos to you and Rob for your efforts. One thing for sure, it’s not wasted on your children … kids are so aware.
Happy Valentine’s Day, may it bring you more love and togetherness.
Blessings – Maxi
Kids are aware – you are right. Thank you for spending some time with me today! (smile)
Those pancakes are perfect!
Georgette, I was super impressed. Rob is a fantastic pancake maker and clearly – an artist. He done did good. 🙂
Solid is good – perfection hard to sustain. Solid will get you through most anything. Love the pancakes. Happy Valentine’s Day
What she said. Congratulations on 10 solid years and 1 rockin’ pancake!
She said it pretty ding dang good, didn’t she? Thanks for the continued sentiment, Peg.
Ditto!
That’s all you got? “Ditto”? Gee, you really must be suffering from writer’s block.
Don’t despair, Darlotta, your muse will find you again soon!
Darlotta. Love it.
Sigh. It’s hopeless. I just left quite the comments over at GG’s blog. I am so empty and devoid of anything witty to say anymore. It’s a terrible tragedy, Pego.
I’m touched with your words, Darla. You remind me of Patrick Swayze.
Solid is good, K8. Perfections is overrated. 🙂 Just so you know, the pancakes taste as good as they look.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Friend.
Love those pancakes! A little syrup! Yum.
And we only use REAL syrup, Jackie. REAL syrup is key to awesome pancakes. Happy Valentine’s Day!
There’s no perfect marriage but there definitely are perfect moments of happiness! Loved this post 🙂 MJ
You are the second to say a similar sentiment, MJ, and you are absolutely right. I am glad Joe pushed me a little to par’take in the pancakes. I would have missed that perfect moment. Thank God for kids! 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day.
This post has me in tears! So lovely. Well done on persevering for so many years and making it to personalised pancakes. Happy Valentine’s. Xx
Thanks, Alison. Sorry for the tears – I hope you don’t have a runny nose and a cold. That would make it worse. 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too!
Very genuine — which isn’t always easy to express, and certainly not so eloquently.
Thank you very much, Steve. I appreciate your kind words. Truly. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and the Beloved.
I will have to try doing that wiht pancakes this weekend for the kids, they will love it I’m sure.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and hubby and Happy Upcoming Anniversary!
We are hitting our 12th anniversary in April and I can say with complete honesty that we are stronger now when we first started out. Sometimes you have to slog through those tough dark times to see what you’re both made of, and your love and appreciation for each other will be all the more solid.
I knew you had more words in you! Way to bring ’em out! (hahahaha!)
Please make the pancakes… it makes for a great blog post. (See!! Food is not boring! HA!)
We are stronger, too. Who knew?! Oh – that’s right – the countless couples before us. (Hee, hee)
Happy Valentine’s Day, Darla!
I am happy you could understand what i was trying to say at all, Lenore! I blame my cold medicine…
I speak ‘cold medicine’.
Hahaha! (cough cough) Hahahahaha
Yes, you can have another cookie.
ahhhhh! (hack hack) hahaha! (sniff, cough, choke)
Good, I am glad you are feeling better.
You and Rob may not be perfect, but I believe you are perfect for each other. Congratulations on having married such a talented pancake maker, with many other wonderful talents, I’m sure. Happy Valentine’s Day to you both and your precious little boys.
Thank you, Susan. I wish you and yours a Happy Valentine’s Day, too. I think we are perfect for each other… Lord knows any other man would have been long gone by this point. (smile)
Fortunately, God knows just who can put up with us.
True, indeed.
CHILLS!!!!! That was beautiful LD!
Thanks, Kim. I owe this post to Joe and his encouraging me to have a pancake. Truth.
Clearly your kids are right..he makes the best pancakes!
Welcome to the neighborhood, Robbie. Yeah, they are right. Go figure. 🙂
Hi,
You just have to love those pancakes, how ingenious.
Happy Valentines Day. 😀
He’s the artist in the family, Mags. Thankfully, his artistic talent traveled down to Joe and Charlie, too. Soon, the boys will be making decorated pancakes of their own!
Oh my goodness! That is so very sweet. I’m so happy to hear that you are feeling better about your marriage. It sure does take a ton of work, huh?
Yeah. It does take work. Lots of work. Good thing he is worth it. 🙂 Thanks for visiting, Jennifer.
Aww, I love this!! Really sweet! Marriage is hard work! But, it’s the simple things, you know?
Great post, and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thank you, Jen. It is certainly the simple things. Thank you for reading!
OMG Lenore – this was a real heart-warmer. Esp. today on Valentine’s day – you’ve been tested in your relationship and it looks like you’ve come out the other side. Solid is good! Solid is great!! (-:
Oh I just melted when I saw how much love that man of yours put in those pancakes. He’s a keeper.
Thank you, Ado. I married a talented pancake maker, eh? Yeah, I’ll keep him. (smile) Thanks for your time – I appreciate you reading and commenting.
Now I have to try to make a pancake like that. They are DS favorite breakfast item (he asks for them every morning)! Glad to hear your marriage is now on solid ground. I used to pray for your marriage. I hate when people I know get divorced…
Oh my goodness, Melinda! Thank you for your prayers. I am truly touched to know that you prayed for me and Rob. You know, Ursula helped to turn our marriage around, too. Galaxy Bright was a blessing… for certain! Thanks for visiting, reading and commenting!
Oh – I’ve been following. I LOVE to read blogs of people I know. 🙂 Loving the photo 366 too! Today I made John a pancake (actually 4) that spelled his name. He loved it: “Can we have this every day from now on?” Me, “Oh, no these are VERY special only for once in a while.”) Let Rob know he’s an inspiration! (His also turned out better than mine…)
That is true love and true talent!
Yeah, he’s kinda cool like that … talent and love. 🙂 Thank you for visiting, Bella.
Heartwarming story, though it made me want some pancakes and it’s almost 1am.
Charlie made out better than Joe, since his name is more than twice as long.
Sounds like you’ve got a keeper. No marriage is perfect, we all just do the best we can. Keep up the good work.
Sorry for the late night craving, Dude. And you are right – Charlie did make it out way better than Joe. I hope Joe doesn’t need therapy when he gets older for any scaring related to pancake surprises. (smile) Thank you for reading. Here’s to the continue work needed to make marriages solid.
I loved this. Little things like this make a marriage work despite all of those things that could work against it. Plus, your husband has TALENT. I could never do that!
Thank you, Katie. I appreciate you stopping by my ‘hood. I couldn’t do the pancake words, either. No way. The hubs rocks it! 🙂
I love that marriage is like a pancake. It doesn’t have to be perfect to be delicious, but with a little extra effort, its beauty can stun and amaze all those around you.
Keep flippin’ those pancakes. -Ellen
Look at you making an awesome correlation between pancakes and marriages. Nicely done, Ellen. Marriage IS like a pancake! 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
That’s so cool!
My wife share’s your husbands perfect pancake penmanship…
(I don’t even know how something like this is possible… I’m proud of myself if I can even figure out which side of a Bisquick container is the business end)!
🙂
What’s Bisquick? 🙂
That is too sweet! He is quite a talented pancake maker. WOW!
I am constantly bowing down to his pancake making ability – though typically it just had to do with the flavor of the pancakes. Now, I am bowing due to the art he is creating WITH the pancakes. Craziness! Thanks for stopping by here, SG!
I loved this.
Thank you! Welcome to the neighborhood, too. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting.
THAT, is amazing. Gorgeous personalized pancakes. He’s a keeper, your Rob.
Thank you, Alison. And, welcome to my blog! I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. Rob is a keeper, for certain. His pancake skills are a bonus!
I think it’s safe to say that Rob should be the only one making pancakes at the house de Lenore!
Amen, Jackie. I’ll take it further and say Rob should be the only one cooking. 🙂 Thank you for visiting and reading.
How did he DO that?!?!? So impressive!!!
Gia, he is a miracle worker. Come visit. He’ll make you one, too. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by my place.
Now those are cool pancakes! I never get creative in the kitchen. Congrats on ten years!
Thank you, Patti. I don’t get creative in the kitchen, either.