One Moment Please

"So, how do you develop a relationship?" This question was asked of me

when I was doing a Relationship Service seminar for the YMCA. I have to

admit that the question caught me off guard for a brief second. We had

been talking "theory" all day and this woman wanted some concrete meth

ods for developing client or, for that matter, any relationship.

After pausing for a minute to collect my thoughts, I stated that the on

ly thing I could do was tell her the truth from my experience. Somewhat

shyly, I began to tell her the story of how my wife and I saved our re

lationship. My mind flashed back to a time when Karen and I were at a S

tate Fair and I won two red velvet hearts as a consolation prize in one

of the midway games. I broke apart the two hearts and gave one to Kare

n and kept one for myself.

We had been married 10 years and we were going through a bit of a "flat

spot" in our relationship. We still loved each other, but something wa

s missing.

Karen did not want the "flatness" to continue so one day she came up wi

th a plan. She took one of the hearts and hid it in my towel while I wa

s taking a shower. When I went to grab my towel, the red heart spilled

out. As I bent down to pick it up, I was overcome with a rush of emotio

n that made me flash back to the time when I won the red hearts and the

love we felt for each other at that moment.

I then hid the heart in her sock drawer. She hid it in my underwear dra

wer. I hid it in the refrigerator. She wrapped it in plastic wrap and h

id it in the peanut butter. Hiding the heart became as much fun as find

ing it. Each time we hid or found it was a moment to be treasured, like

the first moment we fell in love or the first moment we kissed or the

first moment we looked into our child's eyes. Each is a cherished and p

recious moment.

How do you develop a relationship? One moment at a time!
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