The Bag Says It All

Sometimes words of emotion and feeling lose their flavor. Maybe it's like being surrounded by a smell for so long that you don't even notice it anymore. The smell could be atrocious and you just don't detest it now, or it could be rapturous and it has fallen from your grace. Who really cares, right? Well, I do. This post isn't really about bags or scents. It's about saying 'I love you.'

Megan is a complicated creature. She is invariably scattered. She can't just concentrate on one thing. If she's not doing 10 projects simultaneously, then she's not living. I can't tell if she's gifted or if she's neurotic. I'm inclined to believe the former. I'm her audience of one. She has me spellbound. I can't help but watch in amazement. I try to help where I can, but it's mainly limited to hugs and kisses.

So on this journey to express love, here are the bags in Megan's life. They tell everything about her. These bags seem to bring sense to the madness. They also define all the reasons I'm in love with her.

The willing bag. Megan is a secretary of SAA. She ran for the position. It's a lot of writing and sorting and thinking. Without really knowing me this cute girl offered to go with me to buy ice cream from Macey's in Utah. I can't remember who's birthday it was, or why we wanted the ice cream to begin with, but I remember how pretty Megan is and how I loved that she was willing to come with me. Her willingness didn't stop there.

This is the duty bag. She is a very dutiful mother and wife.


This is the glamour bag. The other bags were free and they don't mean much to anyone but Megan. This bag is the one that puts on a show and dazzles. Megan is beautiful. She likes to look good on occasion. She also wants to be of value to the world. This bag could also be the effort bag because it takes effort to achieve anything these days.

The pink bag is Venna's. Bags are apparently genetic. By looking at our children you may wonder if I married Megan for her genetic possibilities because they are cute and somewhat well behaved. I had nothing to do with that.

This last bag is Megan's Christmas gift. It's not ordinary. It is made of good material and is of good quality. It's expensive. It has many features that make life easier. No matter what's inside it will always look good. Just like Megan. The next time you see my wife you may say to yourself 'Her husband must think she's some kind of special!' Well, I do.