In a lot of movies these days, marriage comes across more like a terminal disease than a covenental bond. It seems that the majority of married couples are portrayed as miserable, bored, and unsatisfied. You know the kind of couple I mean? When the wife will look at husband, disgust strewn across her soured face, and then she tosses back the remainder of her dry martini?
Well, just for the record, I am not one of those wives.
This is my husband.
That's right ladies, he's all mine.
And I adore him.
As in madly in love.
Things I Love About My Husband
1. He makes the coffee every morning. He even hand grinds the beans. Coffee = love.
2. He fills our home with music. And there is nothin' I love more than hearing him play the guitar.
3. He calls me out when I am being emotional, dramatic, or inconsistent. We all need an accountabil-a-buddy.
4. He is actually pretty good at sharing the covers.
5. He snuggles.
6. He reads books like "Religion and American Education" and "A Theological Guide to Calvin's Institutes".
7. He let's me listen to my French Cafe radio station on Pandora.
8. He lets me wear his socks.
9. He lets me daydream about having another baby and he even pretends to listen while I babble on and on about names.
10. Sometimes, he calls me Mama. Which makes me excited because then I remember that I am a Mama. And then I get excited because it's because of him that I am able to be a Mama. And then I get excited when I think about being a Mama again! (At some future date that has yet to be determined).
Dangit. We're on the subject of babies again...aren't we?
How does this always happen?
I thought my estrogen level was supposed to go down eventually?
Be silent, uterus.
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Point being this: Ladies, give you husbands an extra snuggle and smooch today. I am deeming it the Official Elliott Homestead Love Your Husband A Little Extra Day.
And who doesn't want a little extra love?
Enjoy!
This is so refreshing, and unfortunately, it seems rare these days. I married my husband when I was 18 and he was 24. It has been 49 years now, and I can say we are more in love now than even back then, in 1962. A good marriage just gets better and better; you know what it means to be "one"; each one gives at least 75% or more...it should be a picture of Heaven, and it is, more often than not. We have adored each other since Day One, and we continue to be madly in love at 67 and 74! I still think he is the cutest thing I ever laid eyes on! "Keep on keepin' on", you two!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Television is so full of anti-marriage propaganda. Anti-parenthood propaganda, too, sadly. I'm grateful not to be one of those wives as well. What a miserable existence for the entire family!!
ReplyDeleteJerry calls me Mama more often than not. And I call him Daddy. It's funny how that happened once we had our first child! Our kids call me Mommy though (not Mama), which I like better coming from them :) It gets confusing when his mom comes to visit, lol, 'cause he calls her Mama too!
Love this. And love Mary Jane's comment too! I think I mentioned before how frustrating it is to see so many people being negative about marriage and having kids. It's almost as if it's a bad thing if you want to get married and have children, especially if you're in your 20s. It makes me feel like I have to stay in the closet about my happy marriage and the possibility of having a baby! haha!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you wholehearted,AMEN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIts seems like folks really just think its just a piece of paper,hello NO WAY,its your commitment for life to your partner.
This was great. Marriage is beautiful! Especially when we focus on all the good. Each of us has faults we could criticize regularly, but there is so much more to be grateful for. After twenty years of marriage, I am still amazed at the great gift my husband is to me.
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