THE AWARD FOR WORLD'S GREATEST HUSBAND.......GOES TO MY MAN!

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly,
I gotta love one man 'til I die,
So I can't help lovin' that man of mine.

Now, tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,
Tell me I'm crazy, maybe I know,
But I can't help lovin' that man of mine!

 Can't Help Lovin' That Man; Oscar Hammerstein - J. Kern, from Show Boat

Sometimes when things don't go the way I expect,

or the way I want,

or

I'm just in a bad mood...

I forget...

forget to remember to be grateful for my blessings,

forget to count them

and sometimes

even forget to remember that I have been blessed at all...

you probably have been there at some point in time, haven't you?

Today was my morning for a  pity party...
don't know why...it just was...
I had a doctors appointment early and it lasted
for an hour and a half longer than I had expected...
I got to work later than normal and then
had tons of stuff to do including a bit of work drama to clean up...
I had on my "I'm not gonna see good stuff" glasses today...
and the lenses were dark...
The kids were home sick from school...
and by the end of the day..
my throat was hurting and I did not feel great!
and I was tired from my weekend away and just wanted to
hunker down and sleep all morning because the Cecil Dog kept me awake barking and scratching on my door all night long but I had to go to work....and that didn't make me happy either.

It wasn't until I was walking on the treadmill forcing myself to put one foot in front of the other,
that it hit me...
and
when it did hit me..
I looked over at a friend of mine and said it..
aloud..
for everyone to hear...
"I am pretty lucky aren't I?   I have the best husband in the world, don't you think?

My friend nodded and said, "yeah you got yourself a pretty nice feller."

and
then I stood there and started thinking about
just how fortunate I am...

My husband is fun,
he laughs alot,
he loves his family and he loves me...
he loves me in spite
of
all my crazy and dysfunctional ways and even perhaps because of them,
He supports me in any endeavor or path I choose to take...
and
when things don't go just right..
I don't have to ask..
I know intuitively that he is in my corner,
rooting me on,
cheering the loudest in the way only the off color Big Daddy could cheer and everyday..
when I say..
watch what I can do.....
you always laugh, give me your approval and say,
yes, I know!!!!!

Today...he knew I had lots to do at work,
the kids were sick,
so he volunteered to stay home,
took both of them to the doctor,
cleaned the house (he is much better at that than me, anyway!)
and had something cooked to eat.
then
He'd rented movies he knew I wanted to see...

this weekend he did my family job for me....did laundry and had it folded and ready to be put up
when I got back in town from a visit with my family,
and
did I mention,
that even though he gets home late every night,
he always manages to get up to have coffee with me...because he wants to see me(sometimes I really think it is ESPN sports center or hearts on the computer..but he is up with me when he could be in bed)
he takes the kids to school and even better is the one who gets the wonderful job of waking up two teenagers,
and some days..when I am lucky or not
 he even packs me a mystery surprise for lunch....(willl never forget that egg chicken hotdog sandwich...yum)

and so,
honey,
even though I call you a lazy face, selfish food sometimes...
for today,
I realize
how lucky and blessed I am
because  I have you in my life.
Therefore,
you are awarded
the prestigious award
that I only give out on rare and special occasions....

the award for world's greatest husband
goes to
...
yeah you...
my man!

thankful for you and the love we share!