The year was 2003. We were newlyweds both working and going to school. I would wake up early in the morning and catch a bus to BYU where I was going to school full time and also working part time on campus, and I usually wouldn't return until 10:00 at night. Lamon worked and went to school at UVSC. The days were long, and the only times we saw each other it seemed were late in the evenings when it was time to go to bed.
Well one day I came home pretty pooped. I was tired and felt sick . . . (I was pregnant) . . . and just felt like evoking some sympathy and being pampered. Well when Lamon got home he was also really tired after a long day. He came over and sat next to me on the couch and propped his feet up on my lap and said, "I could really use a foot rub."
. . . I took his foot a bit resentfully and started to give him a halfhearted foot rub. I was quiet as I was giving him a pathetic version of a foot rub and the whole time was thinking to myself, "I am tired . . . I have had a hard day and I am pregnant . . . I would like a foot rub . . ." But of course I was a newlywed and I hadn't learned about communication yet. So I just sat there rubbing and stewing.
When I finished his foot rub, I sat back feeling all victimized . . . and Lamon got up and said . . . "Okay, wait here." He left the room for a minute, and when he came back he had a little tub full of hot water and some towels and set it at my feet, and proceeded to give me a full on pedicure. He rubbed my feet, washed, filed, soothed . . . the whole works. I felt awful, and was completely in awe at my selfless and giving husband. It is one of my cherished memories. I learned a lot that day about love . . . Lamon has never stopped serving, and thankfully I have learned from Lamon the real way to "Love."
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As always, your life and writings are awe-inspiring. I am going to use this example in the ward marriage class today. Happy Anniversary again!
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