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You have no idea how much joy it gives me to see my sweetie-pie, Fabi, out in her new kayak and actually liking it. This opens up a world of possibilities to us as a couple that otherwise are only solo activities for me. No more coming home after having a great kayak outing and hearing "I'm glad you had a good time but I was stuck here at home".
It looks so simple, but the implications of this are huge. That's why, whenever we're out kayaking together and I look over and see Fabi having a good time, it makes me smile, inside and out, and, yes, I feel the joy of it so much that sometimes it brings tears to my eyes at the same time as I'm smiling.
It goes beyond how I feel about it. This weekend Fabi's daughter, Diane, convinced her boyfriend from Quebec City to come and visit her special places in New Brunswick. After looking at Fabi and I after our of our kayak outings he said to Diane, "Your mother and Brian are looking so fit". There's another implied bit there, "for senior citizens".
Ahem. I never intended to start a book, but if there is anything that currently spells "joy" to me, this is it.