My eternal love celebrates her birthday today. Ok, well we celebrated it yesterday but since today is her birthday, the post goes up today.

Maxine,
There are so many reasons why I love you. More than I could ever properly articulate. I decided to forgo outlining the normal reasons that a husband loves his wife in this post. To do so would simply not be enough. I have never loved anything so completely and so thoroughly as I love you. I don't think anyone has. It borders on obsession.
Everything I do is for you. I try to make you laugh because your smile and your laugh light up my world. I try everyday to make you proud because yours is the only approval that matters to me. But more than anything else, I try to make you happy.
You have given me the best years of my life and I know that the best are yet to come.
No one can make me laugh like you do. No one makes me feel as important as you do. You give me the confidence to be me.
Over the years I have told you in different ways that without you I would be nothing. Either an addict or dead. You always down play it and try (unsuccessfully) to convince me that is has nothing to do with you. I know where I was headed and what has motivated me to become the person I am today. It is, and always has been, you. (No pressure, right?) You give me purpose. You give me everything. You are my motivation to get up in the morning, to do my job, to breathe.

I see how you interact with our children, your family, and Michael. I am so incredibly proud of the woman you have become. We were both so young when we met and it has been an interesting, exhilarating, and intense adventure so far. In the gazillion years to come, I look forward to the many, many more adventures we will share. My life began with you and will last forever as long as you are by my side.

You are an amazing woman. Your strength, beauty, and wisdom inspire me to be the best person I can. You make me proud every single day.You have more individual integrity than any person I have ever met. I love the fact that you simply cannot understand how people can lie or be deceitful.

This post is a feeble attempt to articulate my feelings. I am sorry that I cannot word it better and that I suck at expressing feelings and emotions.
I love you. I hope that all of your dreams come true.
Thank you for choosing me and making my life mean something.

That moment...

Have you ever had one of those..."This is awkward" moments?
Jerry Maguire is on TV right now. Maxine is watching it and it just happens to be the part I referenced in a blog post the other week.

I love that movie. Not enough for it to be in my top 5, but I love it.

It made me think of some awkward times in my life and how, when looking back later, they have turned out to be fantastic moments. No, I am not going to outline them here but it brings up an interesting thought.
Embrace every moment. If you can get perspective, you can take those awkward moments and see them for exactly how humorous they are.

I have a habit of talking out of my ass. Everyone knows it. The pleasant side effect of that is that I don't get embarrassed easily. I enjoy being a little silly. I try to embrace every moment. Most days I fail miserably but I still try.

Do you?