The Greatest Love Of All

Vance Larson
2 min readMay 4, 2024

The other day I posted on FaceBook, a picture of two coffee cups from Starbucks. I then wrote why. Wife and I have a long history of going out for coffee. In fact, we started doing it almost from day one. But why?

We have been together over 20 years. And what I find amazing is, we never have a shortage of things to say. {She is still the most interesting person I know.} When we travel, which is a lot, one of the best parts of the trip is the conversation. We laugh like we’re two young lovers, only we’re not young. We truly just enjoy being in each others company.

But lets get back to the coffee. We go our for coffee several times a week. Why? Its not because we love coffee. I mean we do. Who doesn’t love a good one? But it is not the coffee. It is the connection. We have a lot of daily rituals that we do together. But the one we love the most is our coffee and water time. We are blessed to live in a beach town. But even if you were to remove the beach, we would still be sharing a coffee and conversation somewhere.

I can remember many years ago before my wife became disabled, we were working at the same job. I ran a rehab, and she would drive clients to meetings. This one particular morning, we ended up at the same place at the same time. We grabbed some coffee and sat in my car just talking, sharing our day. It’s all about the connection, baby.

We have a great marriage. We invest in each other. We pour, listen and then refill. And yes, we do love our coffee. Now I don’t know if we have the greatest love of all. But what I can tell you is, if you’re not connecting on a daily basis, there are likely to be some cracks. Yes, absence of the heart grows stronger. But a daily coffee and connection last much longer.

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Vance Larson

I am a retired crisis counselor of 20 years. I share my experiences {both personal and professional} about thought provoking subjects. Follow me.