Thank you for insisting on the big, squishy couches instead of the sophisticated ones I wanted.

[Thank you for telling me that I'm pretty.]

Thank you for making me laugh every single day.

Thank you for letting me squeeze your blackheads when I’m in a bad mood.

Thank you for letting me paint our dining room Tiffany blue.

(& thank you for all the Tiffany blue boxes you’ve given me)

Thank you for being a shower-squatter, even when I protest it because I’m shaving my legs.

Thank you for being so ridiculously good-looking & thus giving me a good-looking offspring.

Thank you for stepping up in our marriage & carrying us both this year.

[Thank you for meaning it when you said "in sickness & in health."]

Thank you for not just meaning “for better.”

Thank you for being an easy lay.

Thank you for having amazing blue eyes that light up when I walk into the room.

[Thank you for your calm reserve & boyish exuberance.]

Thank you for always putting our family first & the sacrifices you’ve made.

Thank you for letting me have bites of your french fries.

(actually, thank you for letting me have your french fries)

[Thank you for making every day an adventure.]

Thank you for being the father I always knew you’d be, & wrestling on the floor with our son.

Thank you for pushing me to grow in my faith, to always ask questions, & to never settle.

Thank you for always holding my hand when we walk side-by-side.

[Thank you for meeting me in that church four years ago today.]