Counting Blessings. One.

One. 
My husband Ryan.

Sometimes I feel like we’re so different.

I’m very everything.  Jumping up and down excited!  Seriously frrrustrated!  Starving!  Exhausted! Soooo late!  Absolutely determined!  Or I gotta pee soooo bad! (Ryan recently told me that he doesn’t understand that one, I guess I say it alllll the time.)

This is Ryan:  .

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He is so stinkin’ calm.  He likes Gandi’s quote, “Speak only when it improves upon the silence.”  The visual I think of is this:  Ryan’s expressiveness would often read on a monitor as the flat line (okay, this is coming out all wrong already) making the littlest movement on the readout appear to be of great importance! Which evokes a huge reaction out of me.

Say, if Ryan opened the door right now and said, “I ((oh my goodness, I seriously can’t think of an example! ummm)) will you come read this information?”  ((Geez, that’s the best I can think of!?))  I would jump up from whatever I was doing, wondering “What in the World could this Possibly be about!?  It must be drastic news that has great affect on our life goals, financial situation, or health of a family member!”  It sounds like I’m exaggerating.  I’m not.  Ryan never says, “Come here, I want to show you something.”  So, yes, it would have to actually be very, very important.

So this is where I feel blessed. Ryan is so accommodating.  So considerate.  He puts my needs first.  And I often don’t even notice.  I don’t realize what’s happening because he is so subtle. 

Here’s an example.  I eat seconds.  Doesn’t matter if I’m full, I go back for more. (But really, I always start with a little because I know I’ll go back around -besides the point.)  The point is!  There always is more!  And I only just realized it.  Ryan always makes sure to leave something for me so when I come back to dish up seconds, yum! more food for me!  He’s been doing that for me for years!  Am I crazy?  Or is that better than jewelry on Valentine’s Day? 

Ryan takes such good care of me.  He supported me when I ended my wedding photography business to stay home with our kids, he happily agrees and follows through on all the crazy things like homeschooling, eating 100% organic, moving into a tiny house, and even being on a reality show.  All while spending a lifetime in grad-school, moving up in his career, and providing for his family.

Okay, forget all that stuff about flat lining and eating seconds.  The point!   Of all the blessings God has for me in this life, so, so many of them come straight through the man He put at my side. 

Some of the biggest, best blessings are the ones walking this path right alongside us— so subtle until we realize how cared for we are because of them.