It had to be luck.

Today is no special day. It's not my birthday, it's not our anniversary. It's just a regular stormy day in the PNW. With the holidays fast approaching, I spend most of my time prepping for travel and hefty meals. But today is different. For some reason the only thing I can think about today is my husband. My wonderful, amazing, magnificent husband. I often think about how empty my life felt without him.  How he works so hard just to make it possible for me to be a stay at home mom to our wonderful son. I know getting up at 4am to head to work is tough and how it's even more difficult to get off at 330pm, come home to a house of chaos and be bombarded by two crazy dogs, a wife and a 7 month old. He often doesn't have a moment to sit down and relax until 830pm. I know a lot of families deal with this same schedule. But not every man does it with a smile. I am so thankful to have a husband who is such an amazing father and such a wonderful spouse. He makes me laugh and smile every day. His laugh and his smile are simply intoxicating. We once heard a friend say that after their daughter was born they no longer had "nonsense conversations". I was so nervous our relationship was destined for boring adult conversations and countless nights of monotony. Luckily, we still talk about, and often argue about, which superhero would win in a fist fight and what animal we would be if given the chance to shapeshift. (if you're wondering, I'd be a pig. Blake said he would be "a bad ass bald eagle"). He is my best friend, my partner in crime and my absolute rock. I would be a mess without him. An ugly mess. He is constantly putting up with my neurotic type A personality, my daily freak outs over nothing and my occasional laziness. He can calm me down when all I can do is rip my hair out. He has the ability to make any situation a bearable one and he is always making me look on the brightside. 8 years later I wake up every morning loving him more than I did the day before.

I know this rant is likely pointless to many of our blog readers but I so deeply wanted everyone to know just how great Blake really is. He will never give himself credit for this, but in a way, I really feel like he saved me. Saved me and made my life whole. For that I will be thankful this holiday season.