I am noticing more and more gray hairs. I was frowning at them in the mirror. Then I did a quick inventory of my face. There are those zits on my chin. I am almost 35 years old, and I still have acne. Then as I was scrunching my face I noticed that the wrinkle around my eyes are getting deeper. And my hair is fuzzy. And my eyebrows need plucking.

As I was leaning over the counter and plucking a few eyebrow hairs, Dave came into the bedroom and stood behind me. I watched him watching me and offered an awkward smile. "What?!?" I asked him, a little annoyed that he was staring at me, feeling self conscious and unattractive and.........old.

He replied with "I was just thinking of how pretty you are". How does he know just what I need to hear?