Top Ten Tuesday — My Husband

I seem to have missed last week’s Top Ten Tuesday, so I’m jumping right back in this week.  This week’s topic is Top Ten Reasons I Love _____________.

I’ve been sitting here for awhile wondering what I should put in that blank.  The author of the original post chose ten reasons she loves herself.  Now if anyone should choose that topic, it should be me because I’ve been feeling a bit down lately, but I guess I just don’t feel comfortable tooting my own horn in front of the tens of billions of people who read my blog each day.  And I guess that’s not very cool because we would all be much healthier mentally and spiritually if we were more willing to look at the positive side of ourselves, but I’m just not there today.  You know?

And so then I naturally went to the reasons why I love being a mom, but I talk about that a lot on here.  Been there, done that, and will probably do it again tomorrow.

And that left me with my husband.  He’s a stoic sort of man.  He doesn’t toot his own horn too much, and honestly, I don’t even think he’s aware of the things that make him as great as he is.  And so today, I am going to give you the Top Ten Reasons I Love My Husband.  And of course, this will instantly go to his head and make life almost unbearable so perhaps I should write it and then ditch out of the house for a couple hours 😉

Top Ten Reasons I Love My Husband

1.  He is the best father I could imagine for my daughters.  I always say that he is the reason we have girls.  Some people are just so in tune with their kids and so open-hearted and caring that they just need a little girl to shower that love on.

2.  He has an artistic soul.  He is a writer although he very rarely will share any of it with anyone.  He’s creative, and he’s at his best when he is able to take some time and let that creativity out.

3.  He’s the mouse hunter.  The first time we ever saw a mouse in our house, I ran upstairs in terror, and all I heard were couches being tipped over, swearing, and a lot of banging.  Twenty minutes later, there was no mouse.  My hero 🙂

4.  He will do things he doesn’t want to do in order to become a better person for his family.  If he thinks his girls need more spiritual guidance, he will go out of his way to improve in that area; if he thinks they need to feel more comfortable playing soccer, he will go in the ninety degree heat and play with them.  There’s nothing he won’t do in order to provide the best version of himself for his family.

5.  He loves the Disney store.  Okay, this one kind of bothers me because it is so overpriced, but he gets so excited about bringing magic into the girls’ lives, and he loves the world of make believe and fantasy that Disney brings to life.

6.  He cried at our rehearsal dinner.  He probably won’t be too pleased that I admitted this out loud, but he got choked up when he saw all of the people we love together in one room celebrating the biggest moment of our lives.  I love how open his heart is to people.

7.  He likes knights.  This is one of those ones that gets a bit annoying at times as he talks about valor and knights in shining armor, but he likes medieval times for their chivalry and honor, and that shows in his daily life.

8.  He does the things that I cannot do.  If I am having a rough day or I have fallen a bit too hard into a depressed slump for a day or a week, he picks up the pieces and helps move us forward.  He doesn’t complain.  He just does it.  He holds our family together.

9.  It’s him and me against the world.  Always.  I know that as long as he is alive, I will never be alone.

10.  He is always always there.  Some might say that I can get annoying at times.  Sometimes I’m emotionally needy, and I need constant reassurance.  I ask for clarification on the craziest details a billion times a day.  Some days I just need to cry.  And he is always there.  He doesn’t always know the right thing to say, but he will always try to say it.  Usually I get mad when he says the wrong thing, but he’ll always come back and try again.  That is unconditional love.

And there you have it.  It’s kind of sickeningly sweet, and I’m ordinarily never this nice to him, but every now and again, I think I need to stop and be grateful for the person who makes everything else possible.

And TJ – if you let this go too much to your head, tomorrow’s post might just be TJ’s Top Ten Most Embarrassing Moments that No One (Previously) Knew About.  Consider yourself warned.