These wonderful envelopes made from old maps came today! And now I finally get to send one out to my sweet Elder Aaron Poll.

Mother's Day is for lovers too...

Check if you like me, check if you don't. Check if you'll date me, check if you won't. 

It seems like it has taken me a week to try and gather my thoughts on the subject of Mother's Day and more specifically, being able to talk to my sweet sweet missionary: Elder Aaron Poll. And let me tell you that the words have been building in my chests like giants; heavy and immense.

I picked up the call of a twelve digit number and heard the most genuine and recognizable "Hi Elise" I have ever come in contact with. And from that moment on, I was flooded with every single moment he and I had ever shared together. Every tunnel we had driven through, every screen door and front porch memory, every shared straw and exploding heartbeat. My gosh he was beautiful. 

There were so many things that could have been said but how do you knit five months of distance and longing into one phone conversation? We hung onto every word, breath and stutter like there was no tomorrow. But mostly, we fell in love. Fell in love with the feeling of confidence established when you know that your someone is on the other end of the line. Finding a renewed confidence and assurance that he is the one; already is, always has been and still has time to be.