probably never will. Both Nancy and Rhonda have written kind things about their husbands, which made me think that I need to get my thoughts about John down in this journal. I'll do it as a top ten reasons I love John, but in no particular order:1. I'm always proud to be with him. When we went to my mission reunion, for example, he had a nice conversation in Spanish with my mission president, and my pres. was clearly very impressed with him. He looked so handsome standing there talking, and I just felt really happy to have him with me. Recently, we were invited to a game night with some other couples. We played a game that was a kind of version of Trivial Pursuit. The guys were on a team together, and John was able to answer all of their tough questions. They kept saying that they would use John as a lifeline or always have him on their team because he knew everything. He was unassuming about it, but he is very knowledgeable about all different subjects, and I was proud.
2. He is so sweet with the kids. If he gets angry with them, he immediately feels bad, and gets down and hugs them and speaks to them softly. (He never yells or loses control, though.) He wrestles with them and loves to see the cute things they do. He is also very quick to apologize to me if he thinks he has been impatient or grumpy. (That should probably get it's own number.)3. John can fix anything. He can fix tricky computer problems, find and repair plumbing and electrical problems, etc. I think people would be surprised to see the complicated things he can take on.
4. There are a lot of little kind things he does. I appreciate how quiet he is when he gets ready in the morning - he will go into the closet before turning on the light, or he'll set out his clothes in another room the night before, etc. He does all of the dirty jobs, like cleaning out the cat litter, without there having to be any discussion about who will do it. Sometimes he surprises me by cleaning out the shower or the toilets, which I hate doing.
5. When my brother, Dave, was with me in the condo, we'd sometimes have really enjoyable, long conversations about politics or single life, or whatever. I called them "Yes, and...." conversations, because our views were so similar. I'd think, "Exactly!" and then add another example or thought. I always longed to find someone that I could see eye-to-eye with on things and that I could talk with in that way. John and I are so similar, that we can have great discussions on any topic. We always have things to talk about.
6. John is very close to his family. That was one of the first things that impressed me about him. I don't have time for specific examples, but he has done a lot of sweet things for them. He is also very attached to my family, and loves spending time with them, which is a blessing.
7. I love how he has learned to play the guitar so well so quickly. I enjoy hearing him play. But recently, he told me about a conversation with his boss that made it mean even more to me. I might not remember it correctly, but his boss has also been learning to play the guitar. John said something to him about how one of the main reasons he wanted to learn was so that he could play romantic songs for his wife, and asked his boss if that was the same for him. His boss thought the idea was kind of funny, which makes me appreciate my romantic husband even more.
8. One of my favorite things about John is that he is so affectionate. I am too, and it would have been horrible to be married to someone who didn't want to hold my hand or cuddle on the couch. He also tells me he loves me all the time.
9. I love that John would prefer to be with us than to be with others doing more entertaning things. We're always together as a family, and it would be awful for the kids if it were any other way. They miss him so much when he is at work.
10. I've referred to this before, but I can't really explain it. But it is the thing I always think of when I think of how much I love John. When we are doing something fun with the family, we'll look at each other, and he'll raise his eyebrows a bit and give me a little closed-mouth smile. It just seems like it means he loves me and the kids and couldn't be happier. I feel really connected to him in those moments. Sounds silly, and maybe he doesn't mean anything by the smile anyway. :) But I sure love him.
If I have time later, I'll fix this up so it does him justice.
2 comments:
That's so nice Marn. I've been thinking lately how it is just so nice when husbands or wives just really seem to like who their spouse is and like to be with him wether he is perfect or not (which John obviously is -- I mean cleaning toilets?? Nothing agin' Mike, but I don't think he's cleaned a toilet since I've known him :)). I wish we could just be living closer by the both of you. I always loved just coming out to your moms so we could hang out with you. It could have been bad news when you up and left us to marry John if he hadn't been someone so easy for us to get along with and like!!!
P.S. Mike read this post last night and said something cool so I told him to comment but he doesn't really believe in that, so I will comment for him. He said something like, "that's why we had to move, there's only room for one fix it man in that town." Anyway, something like that. It seemed funny.
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