10 Reasons Why I Love Being Married to My Amazing Husband

I’m having a gratitude moment for my husband. He’s my favorite person and partner on our humble road of life together. He’s been a rockstar with the challenges we’ve faced this past year in handling everything in our lives and caring for me so that I only had to focus on getting through cancer treatment and continuing recovery. He’s been my buffer from the outside world when needed and has been a centering force through the really rough times, always being optimistic that I would get through it, while also acknowledging how hard it is. So, thank you, love of my life, more than words can say. We’ll be together for six years this fall, enjoying empty nest life… and it still feels new.

Here’s my top 10 things that I love about being married to this guy. 💕

1. He’s funny, kind, smart, handsome, honest, and loyal.
2. He’s all about Family.
   • The most important people to him are me, his mom, and his boys, followed by the rest of the family and friends.
   • The first thing he wanted to do as soon as I was able to travel is to go see his mom, who reminds me of my late mom. “Are you hungry. No, sit down and let me feed you.” Nobody goes hungry in Margarita’s house (with Siciliano and Rat Pack music playing in the background).
3. And his family knows everybody’s business just like mine.
4. We hardly ever seem to go anywhere where he doesn’t run into someone he knows or has some kind of connection to through someone else, whether locally or when travelling. He’s outgoing which balances my introvert nature and always remembers everybody’s names and details about them.
5. He’d give the shirt off his back to someone in need.
6. His family is as loud as mine even though half the size, one of seven siblings.
7. His mom reminds me of my late mom. Are you hungry? No. Sit down and let me feed you.  I’ll show you where it is and then you can do it yourself next time. Then proceeds to take over and do it for you. She’s 88 and has her next two trips planned and is a ball of energy.
8. The food. He cooks better than I do and tells me to get out of his kitchen. From adobo to standing rib roasts to everything in between. (Don’t get him started about the right way to make rice. It’s a Filipino thing.) To making me blueberry pancakes at 1 am when I couldn’t taste anything else during chemo. He’s a natural caregiver.
9. He’s old school. He opens doors and always has a real handkerchief in his pocket at the ready. He really knows how respect and charm. He learned this from his dad.
10. He knows how to have fun and is good to people.

Bonus: Did I mention the food?

He loves the Indians (oops, Guardians of the Galaxy), the Browns, the Cav’s, and me.

We’re almost six years into this experiment… and still loving life. Drop a photo in the comments if you’d like to share your appreciation for your spouse too.

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