My husband...master of my world.

Andy and I are celebrating our 3rd anniversary tonight...because I worked on the 19th, which is the actual anniversary. I work too much. It's a problem. I digress.

My gift, one of them any way, from him this year was a status. A single status every day for a year telling me one of the reasons he loves me. Now, this might sound like something small...and for some people it would be. But for me, queen of self-involvement, with my broken self-esteem and my lack of a role model for marriage? For me, it's the best and most amazing gift. Ever. You see, his recounting the reasons he loves me tells me what I should keep doing. Tells me how to be a good wife to him. I am the luckiest woman on this PLANET. To have found someone who works? Who knows me and loves me ANYWAY?!? Have we met? This is not an easy feat. I am so blessed and so undeserving of a man of such high quality. And so, because he's singing my praises...I thought I'd sing his too. The top twenty reasons Andrew Smith is the most amazing husband. Ever.

20. He is the only person in the whole world who can stop one of my panic attacks in its tracks.
19. He can make a bottle and does. Frequently.
18. He vowed to love our kids no matter what. Successful and rich, poor and artsy, gay, strait, whatever. In fact, when pressed about how he'd react if Aidan turned out gay, he said to me "Well, he'd still be my son...so...I don't understand the question."
17. He laughs with me.
16. He never laughs at me.
15. He answers questions honestly, even when the honest part is hard.
14. He's protective of all my siblings.
13. He has never, not once complained that I'm only friends with gay/trans/some other letter people. I don't have many straight friends. It's a character flaw, maybe. He just goes with it.
12. He puts his hand on the small of my back when we enter rooms.
11. He pulls me to him on the couch just to snuggle and make out...even when the kids are awake.
10. He's the kind of man I want my sons to grow up and be.
9. He frequently makes me dinner, complete with plating and a glass of wine.
8. He seldom complains that my dreams run our life.
7. He's always willing to listen, to discuss, to explore.
6. He thinks I'm beautiful and tells me. Often.
5. He is smart...but he doesn't flaunt it. He's got this quiet grace that blindsides you sometimes.
4. He LOVES inspirational sports movies. LOVES THEM. I mean..I've seen "Remember the Titans" a BUNCH...and I love them too. And I love watching HIM love them.
3. He puts his socks in the laundry basket most of the time.
2. He washes my hair and takes a shower with me just to talk.
1. He wants to grow old with me. He knew when we got married that I didn't want a wedding. I wanted a life partner. Someone to DO life with. Someone with whom I could explore the world. Feel at home with no matter where we are. And he's doing it. He's my home. He's all I could ever need.

So, I'm the luckiest woman alive. And all my bad days, all my complaints...they don't mean anything when I get home and get into his arms.