My husband's first love

            It has been a few weeks since Valentine’s Day and somehow I let the holiday pass without ever mentioning the love of my life here on my blog.  So now, before the month of February officially ends, I thought I’d write a post dedicated to my husband.  

            I tell my daughters- regularly- that they should try to marry a man like their father.  Tim is very patient with me, he is kind, loving, forgiving…and he makes me laugh.  I could not be more blessed.  I can only hope and pray that my girls- if they are called to the vocation of marriage- will be blessed with husbands as good and loving as mine.  

            I saw this quote on Pinterest :

The only perfect Man that you need in your life already laid down His life for you.

Search instead for an imperfect man who realizes that he needs Him, too.

I love it, because I think it is the key to a stable, happy, Catholic marriage.  

My husband is not perfect.  Neither is our marriage.  Sometimes we fight.  Sometimes we drive each other completely crazy and get on each other’s nerves.  But, through the good times and the bad, the easy years and the difficult ones, the ups and the downs of our life together, Tim and I have always had our faith.  It is something we both treasure and something we have always shared.  We both know we need God and we both try to rely on Him…..

It is through His grace that we can forgive, through His grace that we can remain always committed to each other and to our marriage, through His grace that we can overcome disagreements and remember (even after a fight) why we love each other.

Tim has a long commute to work each day.  For Lent, he has committed to making the best use of that time by listening to spiritual talks on his mp-3 player as he drives to work in the mornings.  It was from one of those talks that he got the idea to bless his family every night before bed.  For the last few weeks, after our family prayer time, Tim has taken some Holy Water and with it has traced a cross on the forehead of each of our children and me- he prays that God will bless us in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.   

         He hasn’t missed a night yet.  As my husband blesses and prays for me I am reminded- every day- how blessed I am to be married to a man who loves God above all things.  And, how awesome it is to come in second!

If you are interested in hearing how God first brought us together check out our love story here!