guest post by: husband.

if i were a month, i’d be november.

if i were a day of the week, i’d be sunday.

(it's the only morning i get to cuddle in bed with my wife.)

if i were a time of day, i’d be 8 pm.

if i were a planet, i’d be mars.

if i were a sea animal, i’d be a an urchin. yeh, i’m a prick.

if i were a direction, i’d be north.

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be a dinner table.

if i were a liquid, i’d be espresso.

if i were a gemstone, i’d be black opal.

if i were a tree, i’d be a palm tree.

if i were a tool, i’d be a torque wrench.

if i were a flower, i’d be a water lily. always above the surface.

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be breezy.

if i were a musical instrument, i’d be a guitar.

if i were a color, i’d be black? lol.

if i were an emotion, i’d be apprehension.

if i were a fruit, i’d be a better dresser. (LOL!)

if i were a sound, i’d be an engine.

if i were an element, i’d be earth.

if i were a car, i’d be a motorcycle. way cooler.

if i were a food, i’d be chicken wings.

if i were a place, i’d be home.

if i were a material, i’d be kevlar.

if i were a taste, i’d be sugar.

if i were a scent, i’d be rain.

i made him do this the other day because i was curious to see what his answers would be.

some of them made me laugh, some of them made me go "aww" and some of them were no surprise at all.

an engine? shocking.

blast from the past, yo.

After a fun conversation at the dinner table with Ryan about my childhood spent fishing,

I had the urge to sift through all our family pictures.

So, I called my momma to see if I could borrow the boxes.

We drove over there at 10oclock last night, and I stayed up until 2am sifting through them all. There's something so surreal about being able to touch the past.

My parents' entire marriage is sitting in my living room, right now.

It's really special, but it's also really sad... they divorced after 29 years.

It makes me wonder if their photgraphed smiles were ever real.

I guess I'll never know... and it's probably better that way.

if i were a...

if i were a month, i’d be july. all good things seem to always happen to me in july.

if i were a day of the week, i’d be sunday.

if i were a time of day, i’d be 8:30pm. about the time the sun sets.

if i were a planet, i’d be a the moon. even though it's not technically a planet.

if i were a sea animal, i’d be a dolphin.

if i were a direction, i’d be forward.

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be a dinner table.

if i were a liquid, i’d be an over sized cup of hot coffee.

if i were a gemstone, i’d be an emerald.

if i were a tree, i’d be a weeping willow.

if i were a tool, i’d be a man.

if i were a flower, i’d be a gerber daisy. they always make me happy.

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be rain on a day of sunshine.

if i were a musical instrument, i’d be a guitar. i fell asleep every night to the sound of my dad playing one.

if i were a color, i’d be teal. cheerful yet calm.

if i were an emotion, i’d be content.

if i were a fruit, i’d be a pineapple.

if i were a sound, i’d be laughter.

if i were an element, i’d be air.

if i were a food, i’d be comfort food.

if i were a place, i’d be home.

if i were a material, i’d be denim.

if i were a taste, i’d be sour. like, sour patch kids sour.

if i were a scent, i’d be fresh baked brownies.