Happy Anniversary

Today is my anniversary. 19 years married, 21 together. I should be posting on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any other form of social media. Talking about how much I love my husband and how he is my best friend blah blah blah. I am not one for PDA or too much emotion. I tend to keep things close to the vest, going for the laugh rather than the emotional aspect of a situation. But since I started this blog and committed to start writing and putting it all out there I am going to have to suck it up and write a post in honor of my anniversary. And I am pretty sure it should be nice. Damn.

I love my husband. I really do. I got very lucky 21 years ago when my friend introduced me to him in a crowded Hamptons bar. Most days I am nagging him, reminding him how lucky he is to have found me. But for today, one day, I will put it out there that I am actually the lucky one.

The last 21 years have been a roller coaster of experiences. Spending them with him has made the ride so much better than I ever could have thought possible. We have definitely had our ups and downs as all marriages do but at the end of the day, he is always the person I want to go to sleep looking at and the person I want to wake up with.

So I want to thank him publicly. Or at least to the 7 people who actually read this. Thank you for the last 21 years of being there for me and then the kids. Thank you for always giving me advice, even when unsolicited, for actually caring enough to give that unsolicited advice. Thank you for being my biggest cheerleader even when you did not agree with what I was doing. Thank you for listening to me talk about the same things over and over and over. Thank you for never being scared to tell me when I have crossed over to that “dark side” of being a mother and when to dial it back.

Thank you for being a great father to our girls, never turning down an opportunity to be involved in anything they were doing. Thank you for allowing us to make fun of you almost daily with your color coordinated outfits and strange choice of footwear. Thank you for allowing us to take photos of you while you were sleeping yet never getting upset when the pictures were less than flattering.

You are a genuinely good person with a heart of gold and there is no one I would rather be spending my life with, even if you are starting to dress like a character from Goodfellas.