I’m Thankful for My Hubby (Thankfulness Week Day 7)
One of my biggest gratitudes in life is my husband. We met through friends. My best friend is married to one of his best friends, and they decided to set us up. The first time we talked on the phone, we talked for hours. His phone kept cutting out and he kept calling me back.
We didn’t actually meet face-to-face for a few months. He was driving over-the-road at the time in an 18-wheeler. He’d be out for months at a time, but eventually he swung through my city and then slept through our first meeting.
Well, okay, he woke up eventually. After I’d already left. But I came back, we talked and talked, and things just seemed to click.
For the first year and a half of our marriage, he was gone most of the time. Three to four months at a time on the road, then back home for a few days before he took off again. I won’t say it was easy, but we’re both in our 30′s. We’ve been living independent lives for a long time, him on the road and me raising a teenager. It was probably easier on us than it would be on a younger couple.
This past June he switched to driving for a company that puts him home weekends and Wednesdays. It’s been a huge improvement and a bit of an adjustment. We’ve never spent so much time together! It seems to be working out pretty well, though.
Why am I grateful for him? Well, he’s a genuinely good guy. He’ll do anything to help a friend. When he says he’ll do something, he does it. He works hard–sometimes too hard–to support our family. He shows me he loves me all the time with hugs and by doing little things for me. (I suppose the sneaking up behind me and scaring the life out of me is a form of showing he loves me, too. Can I help it if I concentrate really well?)
We don’t always agree on everything, but that’s okay. We’ve had issues to work out, and that’s okay too. I’m sure we’ll have more as time goes on. What counts is that we’re willing to try. I’m grateful he came into my life, and I’m thrilled that he’s going to be the father of my baby. I couldn’t ask for a better guy.