What I like about Dean is mostly future tense stuff. I know Emma likes him (which I like). I know he cares very much about Emma's happiness and stability (which I also like).
I like that someday, I am going to get to meet him.
I like that he makes food with and for Emma. I like that there exists the good likelihood that someday he will share that talent in my home with the rest of us.
I like that being happy matters to him. I sincerely believe happiness is one of the key indicators of a truly gospel-centered life. I like that I will come to understand what makes him happy, and what his goals for happiness are.
I like that he wants to have Family Home Evening. I like thinking about how that might happen when he visits our family. At home. In the Evening, perhaps.
I like that he plays games. I like playing Lord of the Rings Online (what's that, you didn't know it won PC Gamer's Massive Multi-player Online Game of the year for 2010?) with him, and look forward to other play-times.
I get the impression from Emma that he has a gift for being whimsical. I like that, there is not enough whimsy in today's youth. I know, he's an adult, and in that sense he's my peer, but he's on the youth-ish side of that...
I like that he's kind to his sister. One of my most memorable conversations was the one where my Mom told me the way I treated my sisters is a good forecast of how I would treat my wife.
I like that there are more somedays with Dean than there are yesterdays.
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