Sunday, February 15, 2009

My awesome Valentine's weekend

I had a wonderful weekend, thanks to my loving husband.
I cannot begin to express how blessed I am that my Lord gave me such a wonderful spouse. At a point in my life when I was living my life for me instead of my ever-faithful Savior, He was still there and His hand was still guiding my life. This aspect of God's love never ceases to amaze me. How no matter how far we try to run or how far we let ourselves slip, all we have to do is turn around and He is there, right where we left Him, waiting for us to come back.
When he brought Jeremy together was one of those times I had no idea He was there, but yet he was and He definitely blessed me. Much, much more than I have ever deserved. Thank you Lord.
Sometimes I take it for granted that Jeremy is so supportive of me...in everything. He stands by me no matter what. I tend to forget it when a "spark" ignites and sometimes even starts a "fire" at home, but the truth of the matter is he is my rock and I could not ask for a more wonderful, loving husband. He has worked hard to provide a good life and happy home for us. He has allowed me the freedom to stay home when I need to stay home and to go when I need to go. He is very good at sharing me with my many loves...friends, family, scrapbooking, etc. He always lets me go out to lunch or dinner with a friend... scrapbook for a weekend...talk to a friend or family member on the phone in the middle of whatever we might be doing (unless it's Lost...lol)...or whatever it may be. He loves my scrapbooks and even offers suggestions on layout and album choices. He supports me in everything I do.
Well, this weekend was no different.
Friday, even though he had the day off from work, he let me go to a weekend scrapbooking crop all afternoon and even followed me to Tewksbury to the store(about 25 minutes from our house) to help me unload my stuff.
Friday evening we went to the Valentine's dinner and movie at our church. This was my idea and even though Jeremy's picky eating habits left him hungry after dinner was served (something we were kind of expecting) he agreed to this and we had a great time.
Saturday he let me go back to the crop ALL day long...I left the house at 9:30am and didn't get home until after 10:30pm...he didn't complain about this being on Valentine's day or anything.
He also let me get a new toy for my Valentine's day present...I got a Cricut. (a die cutting machine for scrapbooking)
Sunday, after we taught Sunday School, he encouraged me to go back and have fun and was willing to come to the store at MIDNIGHT to help me bring my stuff back home (lucky for him I was wrong about the ending time, we actually were done at 4pm, and Marilyn's hubby helped me load the car. So he didn't have to come back, but that he was willing to was worth millions).
After our parenting class at church Sunday night, we went out to dinner for our "date night" and once again my wonderful husband, thinking about my happiness and social nature, invited our very good friends to join us for dinner...(I know this kinda seems counter productive to "date" night, but my theory on date night is that Jeremy and I do something together...without our child(ren)...that we enjoy... and that helps us relax, de-stress, and remember why we love each other. So by thinking about how much I love spending time with the people I love, Jeremy reminded me how much he knows me and loves me.)
So I am ending this post with a smile on my face, my heart overflowing with love for my wonderful husband, and filled with gratitude to my Lord for His never ending, unconditional love, and His never ending blessings.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes! Jeremy is awesome! I ALWAYS adored him. And I'm soooo glad you made the right choice. Kisses to you Shelley!

Becky

pam said...

Shelly, you are in love...