29 years ago...

Happy Birthday!

Thank you for teaching me more about politics.

Thank you for teaching me about finances and frugal living. 

Thank you for joining me in conversations about analyzing obituaries. 

Thank you for wading through all those inheritance borders in the book of Joshua during our evening Bible reading.

Thank you for going to work each day without complaining. 

Thank you for loving our Little Girl. 

Thank you for how your enthusiasm in reading is slowly rubbing off on me. 

Thank you for being a shoulder to cry on. 

Thank you for never even questioning whether or not we should go to church on Sunday.

Thank you for loving the Body of Christ and for being committed to the local church. 

Thank you for loving God and helping me learn to love Him more. 

Thank you for being my incredibly quirky and goofy husband. 

Thank you for encouraging me to keep studying God's Word. 

Thank you for not beating around the bush when I need to be "slapped upside the head."

Thank you for watching Marvel and spy movies with me. 

Thank you for all your drama about stinky diapers. 

Thank you for humbling yourself and asking for forgiveness. 

Thank you for forgiving me when I am selfish and proud.

Thank you for eating leftovers without complaining.  

Thank you for helping me have a bigger view on the ways and purposes of God. 

Thank you for being so level-headed about situations that can so often be charged with emotions and drama. 

Thank you for being willing to listen to me talk and talk and talk about the latest thing I'm excited about. 

Thank you for your desire to walk with God and to keep your eyes on Him each day. 

Thank you for being so incredibly different from me. 

Thank you for drinking cheap coffee with me.

Thank you for being the best Papa our Little Girl could ever have. 

Thank you for encouraging me to serve the Lord with joy. 

Thank you for being a student of the Word and for being such a good communicator of It.

Thank you for correcting me.

Thank you for loving me, even when I'm not easy to love. 

Thank you for being slow to anger. 

Thank you for talking theology with me. 

Thank you for the last five and a half years of marriage. 

Thank you Isaac, for being my husband and my best friend. You're the best!