LOTS and LOTS and WHOLE BUNCHES!!!
"This is the Man"
On this our 11th Valentine's Day together as a couple, I am in awe of God and all he had planned for us, and all that is still yet to come.
I love "this man" I call "hon," "sweetie," "Hank," "the Hankster," and the father of my children...
This is the man who, knowing I had a boyfriend, waited 6 years to ask me for my phone number (when I became single)...SIX years!
This is the man who had "moments of silence" whenever he heard my name spoken during those 6 years.
This is the man who, while we dated, said, "I don't do casual."
This is the man who asked my father for my hand in marriage. So "old school."
This is the man who proposed to me on bended knee, just 3 months after we started dating, in a room FULL of roses and flaming candles.
This is the man who loved me for me: 2 cats, gray hair, neat freak, and walls of brick built up after years of emotional abuse from my previous relationship.
This is the man who I married only 6 months after we started dating, while most everyone told me "what are you thinking?"
This is the man who on our honeymoon sacrificed his sweatshirt to wipe the barf off of my face after I got sea sick on a whale watching boat.
This is the man who has been with me, right by my side, through the birth of our three beautiful boys (and the emotional state that followed each), the death of both my parents (and the aftermath with my family each time), and moving twice (both of which were during a time when we had a one week old child!).
This is the man who brought me chunkey monkey ice cream after I had a terrible "migraine headache day," and I was laid up for two hours, not being able to even stand up to get the boys their lunch.
This is the man who pays attention to the little details about me that no one else sees, or cares to see.
This is also the man who sometimes keeps me awake at night with his horendous snoring!
This is the man who makes me smile and laugh every day that we are together.
This is the man who tells me every day that he loves me and every night before we fall asleep says, "thanks for marrying me!"
This is the man who is such a wonderful father to our boys; so patient, so gentle, so understanding.
This is the man who God chose for me. It is no coincidence that we are together as man and wife. God is in the details.
This is the man that I love...lots and lots and whole bunches!
On this our 11th Valentine's Day together as a couple, I am in awe of God and all he had planned for us, and all that is still yet to come.
I love "this man" I call "hon," "sweetie," "Hank," "the Hankster," and the father of my children...
This is the man who, knowing I had a boyfriend, waited 6 years to ask me for my phone number (when I became single)...SIX years!
This is the man who had "moments of silence" whenever he heard my name spoken during those 6 years.
This is the man who, while we dated, said, "I don't do casual."
This is the man who asked my father for my hand in marriage. So "old school."
This is the man who proposed to me on bended knee, just 3 months after we started dating, in a room FULL of roses and flaming candles.
This is the man who loved me for me: 2 cats, gray hair, neat freak, and walls of brick built up after years of emotional abuse from my previous relationship.
This is the man who I married only 6 months after we started dating, while most everyone told me "what are you thinking?"
This is the man who on our honeymoon sacrificed his sweatshirt to wipe the barf off of my face after I got sea sick on a whale watching boat.
This is the man who has been with me, right by my side, through the birth of our three beautiful boys (and the emotional state that followed each), the death of both my parents (and the aftermath with my family each time), and moving twice (both of which were during a time when we had a one week old child!).
This is the man who brought me chunkey monkey ice cream after I had a terrible "migraine headache day," and I was laid up for two hours, not being able to even stand up to get the boys their lunch.
This is the man who pays attention to the little details about me that no one else sees, or cares to see.
This is also the man who sometimes keeps me awake at night with his horendous snoring!
This is the man who makes me smile and laugh every day that we are together.
This is the man who tells me every day that he loves me and every night before we fall asleep says, "thanks for marrying me!"
This is the man who is such a wonderful father to our boys; so patient, so gentle, so understanding.
This is the man who God chose for me. It is no coincidence that we are together as man and wife. God is in the details.
This is the man that I love...lots and lots and whole bunches!
Mare, I just got goosebumps from reading this. You two are so perfect for each other and I am so glad that God brought you into my friends life! I now consider myself blessed to know you both as a couple and am thrilled for you both. I only hope that someday I am blessed with a similar love. Hugs to you both this Valentine's Day!
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