The In- Between

Somewhere between the highs and lows that we usually are refering to when we discuss love and relationships, is the In -Between. The mundane stuff that fills up our time between the romantic stuff and the hard stuff. Shopping for a birthday present for her niece, buying new blinds for your apartment, looking for that book she heard about on NPR. You could each do these things by yourselves, but somehow having the other person along is what really makes these activities worthwhile.

It is easy to be excited about the other person when out for a romantic evening, or together at a social gathering. But to be excited about spending time with another person while doing something as boring shopping for groceries is the mark of something extraordinary.

For the In-Between is where love truly exists, when you find someone who lifts the pedestrian to the sublime simply because they are there.