Thanks, Husband of Mine

Ok, I've been wanting to write one of these for a couple month now but with certain events happening as of late...the opportunity has never felt more needed or appropriate. (thank goodness for spellchecker)




1. I am so thankful for a guy who will give me the spelling of a word anytime of day, even when I call him at work just for that.

2. I'm thankful for his patience with me and all my problems.

3. I'm thankful for his willingness to do the right thing regardless of what the "norm" would be.

4. I'm thankful for the loyalty that he has for every person that is dear to his heart (or has been in his past).

5. I'm thankful for his handiness and willingness to work hard around our house.

6. I'm thankful for his peacemaking nature.

7. I'm thankful for his ability to calm almost anyone.

8. ...for his natural ability to soften someone's heart, if even for a moment.

9. ...to know he'll never give up on me.

10. ...for his ability to laugh at my lame jokes.

11. ...for his willingness to come home and cook almost every night.

12. ...for his love of helping and serving others.

13. ...he understands my ability to love many people so deeply.

14. ...for knowing how wonderful he is when I hear others complain about their spouses and know he does so much that many other men don't do.

15. ...for his faithfulness to me and our marriage.

16. ...for his support of me following my heart and dreams.

17. ...for his pushiness that keeps me from loosing myself in motherhood.

18. ...that he can understand my mother (while I can't).

19. ...that he can't lie to me (whew, what a relief).

20. ...he is and always has been a wonderful father.

21. ...for his tender heart.

22. ...for his determination to change for the better, no matter how hard or long for the change to come.

23. ...for his continual mind set that there are many sides to every story.

24. ...for his testimony of how families can be forever and doing all he can to make that happen.

25. ...for his ability to adapt to the people he is around without compromising himself or his values.

26. ...that he lives close to the Spirit.

27. ...for his ability to see what I can become and to explain it to me again and again.

28. ...for his ability to overcome physical obstacles (just called him for that spelling)

well, that's just the tip of the iceberg but my kids are up and my time is over. Glad I remember to update this!

Today was a First

Well my son is not a calm kid, never believed he was. He tries to be very helpful, and often doesn't know his own strength. Today was a first for me.

We were at an indoor playground to avoid the cold and some parents yelled at me. They told me I need to get my son under control and that he was just too rough. Well the first time, I felt bad a little but I saw what happened and he was ok. He was just the only big boy playing on a slide with a bunch of girls....and we all know boys can be a little rougher but I didn't think it was out of hand. The next time I didn't see it happen but a man came and said Dee pushed a girl down the stairs....opps. Dee said he was helping her but I still put him in time out (for the second time). The 3rd time I think the parents were out to get him and a really sad thing happened. A bunch of kids were climbing on a structure clearly marked "please don't climb on" in many places. My son was not one of them...A little girl wanted to climb up so she started to climb up the wall to get to the structure. Dee saw that she was struggling to climb onto something and tried to help her up, not realizing he was pushing her over a wall. Well she fell over (not very far 1 1/2 feet) and went face first onto the tile floor.

I got verbally attacked by 3 sets of parents and what could I do but leave. I said sorry and quickly gathered our things. Thankfully my friend and her kids were there and she totally thought they were out to get my son. I was glad for her emotional support because I'm not sure what I would have done. I'm already an emotional wreck this week....sigh. Well I hope getting this out there helps me to move on....I've got 2 days to do 2 weeks of work. No time for weepy self pity right now!!!