Why I love my husband

Why do I love my husband?

Fifteen years we'll be married come Thursday. Know each other for 20 years! We got married five years to the day we met.
Wow.

He may drive me crazy. But I do love him.

Why?

Is he the most romantic man on earth? No.

Is he built like Fabio? No. But I think he is pretty hot.

Can he be really frustrating? yup.

But - he TRIES. He tries hard. And sometimes that is more important than anything.

He tries to be funny and make me laugh. Yesterday afternoon....

J: Three days to D-day.

Me: What?

J: Three days to D-day.

Me: What the heck is D-Day?

J: D-day we met!! (and he starts laughing hysterically!)

See, he tries.

He loves my hobby and tries to support me.

I got the new Zyron Personal Die Cutter Sunday. It is computerized, so of course he was very interested. I made the mistake of telling him that it isn't the best on the market. This drove him crazy. He wants me to have the best. How sweet is that? Even though we can never afford it. I tried to explain to him that this is cost effective and good enough for what I want to use it for and the amount I will use it. But what did he do last night? He spent a long time on the computer researching the machine, the reviews, other machines. All he told me was that he was looking for "your anniversary present"..(which is three days away I remind him..true to Jim style).....how did I find out what he was really doing? He left the sticky note that he was using to take notes on the laptop. God bless him - he does TRY to surprise me. Another reason I love him. He tries to surprise me with nights out and forgets to tell the baby sitter that I don't know what is going on....He tries. This is how he shows me he loves me. I am sure I will never have the better machine, but knowing that he took the time to try matters to me.

He'll never be perfect. I'll never be perfect. But we both try our best.

Maybe that is the secret to 15 relatively most of the time happy years. We both try. We never stop trying. A happy marriage is not going to just float along. we value each other. We value our relationship enough to give it effort nearly on a daily basis. It is the little every day things that matter. Jim may often fall short as I do, but we try. And I think that really matters and may be what makes or breaks us.

Yup. Love him. Can't help it.