My pedestal.
I love it. It has become a very special part of my life. Even though I don't really think about it, I couldn't imagine life without it.
My pedestal is perfect. It's comfortable. Roomy enough for me to share with the man of my life. (He likes to put me up here) but, I'm not so high that I am afraid to fall. I'm just high enough to feel special.
See, the thing is. I never had a pedestal of my own before. in fact my view of the world was from a very different perspective. I felt like I was in one of those basement appartments that has the tiny window with bars across it... The view wasn't very nice. The atmosphere stunk and to top it off....I couldn't get out because of the bars.
But then I met this guy who's face lit up when he saw me. He picked me up, dusted of the worse of the dirt and kicked me in the butt. "You're better than that....don't let me catch you down there again."
It wasn't till later, after months of marriage, that I realized the view was different. Something had elevated me just enough that I could see that the world was a wonderful place, not the scary, threatening land I had viewed in the past. It was him.
He loves me when I am sad. He thinks I'm beautiful when I just woke up and my hair is frously. I get a smile when I walk into a room. If I decide to go all out and throw myself into a new project....he rolls his eyes, says "here we go again" and then supports me 100%. Everytime, I was lifted just a little bit.....
When I have fallen from my lofty veiw and landed on my face in the dirt on the landing....He picks me up, dusts me off and plops me right back where I belong. Most amazingly, when I have lept from my perch and knocked him down into the mud, he just wipes his eyes and says, "I'm here for good. I love you." and makes sure I am okay.
So I only hope that the view has been improving for him over the years. I can't think of anyone who deserves a pedestal more and I have worked hard this last 7 1/2 years to put him up there and I realized that the best view...is the one we share side by side from ours.