My Asst. Zookeeper is an amazing man - mostly because he lives with and deals with ME on a daily basis. For twenty years now, he has been my solid ground through the winds of life.
He is not a fussy, emotional man. He is "fuzzier" with me than he is with any other human on Earth - including our Heathens now that they are older. He is definitely a no-nonsense type of person. He dislikes drama vehemently.
In so many things, he is my polar opposite. But it works for us.
Last week, on one of my commutes to work, I remember thinking of something funny and also thinking that I had to remember to share that thought with the Asst. Zookeeper since it was something I knew he would appreciate. This led me to the thought:
Does the Asst. Zookeeper think of me during the day while he is away? I think of him frequently when things strike me as funny, or ironic. I think of him as I watch other people deal with life and I consider how he would have dealt with a particular situation.
And I decided that he probably thinks of me in the same manner. After 20 years together, we function not only as individuals, but as a single unit. We still love nothing more than to sit and talk, sharing our day.
Turns out I was wrong.
Today, at approximately 9:30 am, my phone rang with the Asst. Zookeeper on the other end of the line. He had called simply to tell me about the rainbow he saw on his drive to work. He said he knew what was at the end of the rainbow because it sprang right out of the mountain on one side of the road and went over the roadway. He had driven under the rainbow. It was SO AMAZING that he wanted to show it to me because he knew I would love it. He pulled to the side of the road and tried taking several pictures with his phone but they just didn't show how awesome it really was.
So he called to tell me all about it. And it was the greatest five minutes of my morning. Something that I will never forget.
He may be rough and rugged. He may not be "cuddly" very often. But I am in his thoughts, even when we are separate. Nothing is better than that.
