(First, let me preface this by saying that I am 100% faithful to my husband and can't even remember the last time I was even remotely attracted to another male. What we have is just so special, I have no need to ever even consider another guy.)

A friend's boyfriend who has graciously been my stand in handy-man during this deployment came over to install a storm door for me today. I was helping here and there as best I could and at one point as we were wrapping up, I caught a whiff. It was simply the smell of a man who had been working outside for the better part of the day.

I wanted to just sit there a few minutes, pretend I was somewhere else with an entirely different person. That didn't happen because I got emotional when I realized how little time I've actually been close enough to my husband to just enjoy things like everyday smells over the last year. It made me miss him so very much.

Really, you know it's love when things like the scent of a sweaty guy makes you miss your husband to the point of overwhelming emotion. What I wouldn't give for a little of his 'man smell' right now.