Mrs. Michael Winter

These are the top 5 reasons I am glad to be Mike’s wife today.

1. He never tells me there is something unsightly in my teeth unless I ask him. We could be smooching and talking and later I see that I have some ‘bugs in my grill’ as Brenda would say, but he never utters a word. Makes me feel beautiful despite what I look like.

2. He showers with only the closet light on so he doesn’t wake me up in the mornings. He is out of the house most mornings by 5:30. Sometimes I do hear him get out of bed and I watch him oh so carefully go through his morning routine quiet as a mouse; tiptoeing around the bathroom, showering in the dark, brushing teeth behind the bathroom door, all so I can get the most of a night’s sleep.

3. He asks if I want to stop and get a tea when we are out and about. This habit of mine of having an iced tea (used to be diet coke) with me at all times, used to drive him nuts. He couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t just find a drinking fountain. Now he stops as Starbucks and Panera and even brings home iced teas for me when he goes out on dates with the girls.

4. He adores his kids. He talks about them. He emails me thoughts about connecting better with them. He reminds me when their practices are. He takes them on weekly dates. The other night Mike and I were on a date of our own, talking and laughing (my husband is the funniest man on the planet!) and the phone rings right in the middle of a sentence. He picked it up ‘Oh, it’s Sierra’ he says as he flips it open. I am glad to be married to the kind of man who lets his daughter’s call interrupt what he is doing.

5. He lets me be grumpy. He lets me be silly. He plays along with my ideas and games (I am always asking him to arm wrestle or to pretend he passed out and I have to carry him somewhere or if we would love me if I looked like enter ugly face here). He puts aways his jacket even he if he is going to still wear it again that evening. He doesn’t put his soaking sweaty workout clothes in the hamper. He takes his sunglasses off to kiss me. He stirs whatever is on the stove while I chat away washing dishes. He waits until I am at the table to pray for dinner. He cleans the downstairs bathroom when we are having company. He pulls my car in at night. He never leaves with out kissing me goodbye. He always always works, feels and acts, in my best interest.

My husband is the best man I could have ever dreamed of. And I did dream of him! I wanted him to be mine since I was 14 years old. We are about to celebrate our 14th Anniversary. He is more mine and I more his that I could have ever hoped for. I love that man. And I am devoted to him. Heart and Soul.