Today's post is about being thankful for the gift of memories. Life can sometimes be very hard. Staying married can sometimes be very hard. So I thank God for memories that become the ties that bind, become entangled, and hopefully make it inconceivable to give up.
Here's to my husband and some of those memories.
Why do I love thee, let me count the ways---
1. I love you because even when my temporary back teeth fall out in the middle of our romantic anniversary dinner, you didn't freak out. You just let them sit there on the table beside us. "Hello teeth. Welcome to our little humble gathering to celebrate being married for 15 years." They had to sit on the table because we all know if I stuck them in my purse, we'd be making missing teeth posters. And who has time for all that!
(Seriously y'all. I had to have two back teeth drilled to the nub yesterday in preparation for some overlays to be put in. I guess I have a night time teeth-grinding problem that made these two teeth crack. But it takes 3 weeks for the real ones to be delivered. So, they made some temporaries for me. In the middle of our dinner, suddenly, my eyes bulged as my fingers retrieved TWO TEETH! Oh my stars. Who knew eating noodles could be so dangerous???)
2. I love you because even though we're getting OLD and talking about false teeth over our romantic anniversary dinner, you still think I'm cute--- teeth nubs and all.
3. I love you because even though I still haven't figured out what Victoria's little secret is- you've learned how to think flannel is HOT!
4. I love you because I know what kind of mood you're in by the color of shirt you wear to work.
White- Serious and Uptight
Colored- It's okay to tell you how much my dental bill was
5. I love you because you think I have a friend named Ann Taylor who I generously give money to and you don't mind me being so very caring about her.
6. I love you because you don't mind when I sing the wrong words to songs all the time. Like the time Holly and I met that woman named Verona. I was so excited because I'd never met a Verona before. I told her how cool that I thought her name was- especially because they made that song with her name in it, "My Verona." So, I sang the song to her and then kept singing it until it finally dawned on me the song was actually, "My Sherona." Then you didn't mind that I laughed so hard I wet my pants.
7. I love you because you don't really mind that the puppy we brought home from the pound never grew into the manly dog you had hoped. I mean literally it never grew- like it's still puppy size. And when you come home at night and it pees on your shoe because not only is it small, it's also a submissive pee-er, I just love the fact that you just deal with it and whisper your true sentiments so quiet that the kids never hear you lovingly say, "Dumb Dog!"
8. I love you because you taught me how to be patient in life. Like with the microwave we had the first four years of our marriage. I think it was made the first year they invented microwaves. Remember that beauty of a machine. Yes, and remember when it was handed down from your parents to us with only one tiny little problem- the timer didn't work. Yes, and then I forgot to tell the baby sitter about the timer issue and she cooked a biscuit in it for like 20 minutes. Yes, and the thing stunk so bad we had to put it in the garage. But then you figured out that if we would just put our food in it, run back into the house while counting the seconds the food needed to be heated for, that we could still use this perfectly good microwave! And we kept up these heating up our food gymnastics for years. It helped me lose weight and become patient.
So, here's to you my knight in the shining black truck--- and to false teeth, flannel PJ's, colored shirts, friends named Ann and Verona, dumb dogs, broken microwaves, and fifteen years of throwing pots one minute and loving each other like crazy the next. I love you.
Post whatever you want today and I'll register you for today's give away. Today's giveaway is so great I can hardly stand it! It is sponsored by my friend and author Pam Ferrel. To find out more about Pam click here.
Red Hot Marriage Basket: Fan the Flame on your love life with this romantic basket of goodies including two books from international speaker and bestselling authors, Bill and Pam Farrel. Included will be Red Hot Monogamy, and Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti, plus other “pamper yourself” and prepare for a night of romance goodies.
Pam Farrel is an international speaker, relationship specialist, and author of over 25 books
including best selling Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti, 10 Best Decisions a Woman Can Make, Woman of Influence, 10 Best Decisions a Parent Can Make, Fantastic After 40, Devotions for Women on the Go!, Red Hot Monogamy, and Got Teens?
She's also the Co Director of Farrel Communications and Masterful Living: 800-810-4449
Now for some GiveAway Announcements:
Alexa H is the winner of the Nancy Sebastianne Meyer giveaway from Wednesday. Congrats Alexa! Please post your e-mail address in the comment box below so we can contact you.
Here's to my husband and some of those memories.
Why do I love thee, let me count the ways---
1. I love you because even when my temporary back teeth fall out in the middle of our romantic anniversary dinner, you didn't freak out. You just let them sit there on the table beside us. "Hello teeth. Welcome to our little humble gathering to celebrate being married for 15 years." They had to sit on the table because we all know if I stuck them in my purse, we'd be making missing teeth posters. And who has time for all that!
(Seriously y'all. I had to have two back teeth drilled to the nub yesterday in preparation for some overlays to be put in. I guess I have a night time teeth-grinding problem that made these two teeth crack. But it takes 3 weeks for the real ones to be delivered. So, they made some temporaries for me. In the middle of our dinner, suddenly, my eyes bulged as my fingers retrieved TWO TEETH! Oh my stars. Who knew eating noodles could be so dangerous???)
2. I love you because even though we're getting OLD and talking about false teeth over our romantic anniversary dinner, you still think I'm cute--- teeth nubs and all.
3. I love you because even though I still haven't figured out what Victoria's little secret is- you've learned how to think flannel is HOT!
4. I love you because I know what kind of mood you're in by the color of shirt you wear to work.
White- Serious and Uptight
Colored- It's okay to tell you how much my dental bill was
5. I love you because you think I have a friend named Ann Taylor who I generously give money to and you don't mind me being so very caring about her.
6. I love you because you don't mind when I sing the wrong words to songs all the time. Like the time Holly and I met that woman named Verona. I was so excited because I'd never met a Verona before. I told her how cool that I thought her name was- especially because they made that song with her name in it, "My Verona." So, I sang the song to her and then kept singing it until it finally dawned on me the song was actually, "My Sherona." Then you didn't mind that I laughed so hard I wet my pants.
7. I love you because you don't really mind that the puppy we brought home from the pound never grew into the manly dog you had hoped. I mean literally it never grew- like it's still puppy size. And when you come home at night and it pees on your shoe because not only is it small, it's also a submissive pee-er, I just love the fact that you just deal with it and whisper your true sentiments so quiet that the kids never hear you lovingly say, "Dumb Dog!"
8. I love you because you taught me how to be patient in life. Like with the microwave we had the first four years of our marriage. I think it was made the first year they invented microwaves. Remember that beauty of a machine. Yes, and remember when it was handed down from your parents to us with only one tiny little problem- the timer didn't work. Yes, and then I forgot to tell the baby sitter about the timer issue and she cooked a biscuit in it for like 20 minutes. Yes, and the thing stunk so bad we had to put it in the garage. But then you figured out that if we would just put our food in it, run back into the house while counting the seconds the food needed to be heated for, that we could still use this perfectly good microwave! And we kept up these heating up our food gymnastics for years. It helped me lose weight and become patient.
So, here's to you my knight in the shining black truck--- and to false teeth, flannel PJ's, colored shirts, friends named Ann and Verona, dumb dogs, broken microwaves, and fifteen years of throwing pots one minute and loving each other like crazy the next. I love you.
Post whatever you want today and I'll register you for today's give away. Today's giveaway is so great I can hardly stand it! It is sponsored by my friend and author Pam Ferrel. To find out more about Pam click here.
Red Hot Marriage Basket: Fan the Flame on your love life with this romantic basket of goodies including two books from international speaker and bestselling authors, Bill and Pam Farrel. Included will be Red Hot Monogamy, and Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti, plus other “pamper yourself” and prepare for a night of romance goodies.
Pam Farrel is an international speaker, relationship specialist, and author of over 25 books
including best selling Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti, 10 Best Decisions a Woman Can Make, Woman of Influence, 10 Best Decisions a Parent Can Make, Fantastic After 40, Devotions for Women on the Go!, Red Hot Monogamy, and Got Teens?
She's also the Co Director of Farrel Communications and Masterful Living: 800-810-4449
Now for some GiveAway Announcements:
Alexa H is the winner of the Nancy Sebastianne Meyer giveaway from Wednesday. Congrats Alexa! Please post your e-mail address in the comment box below so we can contact you.
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