It’s November, and this is the month everyone shares what they are thankful for. I plan to do just that, but with an emphasis on our life as a military family.
We have 11 days until Thanksgiving.
Today is November 11th (11-11), and it is also our anniversary. Yes, we were that couple who got married on 11-11-11. Pretty awesome, right? We think so! Well it is the reason behind all the 11’s of this series. November 11th is also Veterans Day, a day to celebrate our military veterans.
Because today is our anniversary, I want to share why I am thankful for my husband, Nick. He is the reason I began writing. He encouraged me when I didn’t believe I could do this, and continues to encourage me every single day. He encourages my dreams and makes me set BIG, and then BIGGER goals. But aside from encouraging these goals, he helps me achieve them. That may be by giving me some quiet time to write in the evenings by taking our rowdy boys out to a park or taking over bedtime routines so I can work (or nap!) He is the reason I am able to stay home with our children and work from home.
I am thankful of how we both feel confident that we have a strong marriage with great communication. I am thankful that as my husband, we are a team in all that we do. Our home, parenting, life decisions, goal-setting, financial decisions, and plans for our future, are all made and done together. Y’all, planning our wedding, all decisions were made together. Its really a good thing we have similar taste and interests.
I know that all sounds like “butterflies, sunshine, and rainbows,” and just like many others it is not like this at all times. Its not always perfect. But I am thankful for those not so perfect moments. Without these hard times, it is hard to grow and truly enjoy the perfect times. We have experienced things together, that we were specifically told would test our marriage. I am so thankful, that we took on these struggles together as a team and everyday tackle our struggles together.
I am thankful to have him in this beautiful life as parents. Seeing him as an amazing Daddy and how much our boys love him, is an awesome feeling and here are some candid moments that I get to witness daily.
I am thankful of my husbands character. He is honest (sometimes maybe too honest), he is not the husband to ask for honest opinion of an outfit unless you want to hear that he has never liked that specific shirt or jacket-true story. Don’t worry y’all, its warranted, I do the same for him.
But back to his character. Humility is a term used recently to describe my husband in his career. Humility is defined as a modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness. This describes him so accurately as many who do know him personally, know that he does not boast at all or rarely ever seeks out recognition for anything he does. Just today, on Veteran’s Day, he says to me he doesn’t consider himself a veteran because he is still active duty. Where that may be true as defined by some, my point is he does not seek out recognition of anyone because of military service. He has done several things in his career that I would consider to be very noble, and huge achievements, yet he says he was just doing his job.
So now is a time I can share that I am so proud of all that he has done for himself, our family, and others, and I am thankful for HIM every single day!
Happy Anniversary, Nick! I love you!
