On Wednesdays, I drive my husband across the city to attend a tutoring session with one of his students at their house. Oftentimes, I park the car and wait for him outside, using the time to listen to music, think, and write, just like I’m doing right now. I’m glad that I’m not doomscrolling or flicking through the bile offered up by an algorithm, but instead decompressing as I listen to Tilda Swinton reciting lyrics on songs from Max Richter’s “The Blue Notebooks” album, which is playing in the car.

I chose the title of this short post to be “I Love Us” to reflect on nearly a decade of being together. Ten years of daily life, adventures, family, cats, learning, jobs, sharing, sitting and watching TV, holidays, feeling safe, love, and so much more than I can write down. It’s very easy not to stop and appreciate what we have, but I feel very lucky and don’t take it for granted. It’s nice reflecting on how I got here, at this moment waiting in the car, listening to the song “On the Nature of Daylight,” outside a house where he’s working, and thinking about how I love our life.