Day 28

Happy Valentines! So today I want to tell you about my super amazing husband! We will have been married 14 years this May. These past 2 years have been the most incredible. Gene is the LOVE of my life and I am thankful that we weathered the hard times.... The hardest... for us!
I'm sure most of you have faced hard times with your marriage and relationships,  Gene and I faced really struggling times even to the point of "is this really worth it?"
Here was my point of view: I had this image of what a husband, what a marriage, what a family SHOULD look like. What I was living was something completely different than my "dream life".
 I had this picture.... don't laugh...  90210 meets Melrose place meets the Cosby family. Funny huh? I thought dating was fun and had a blast 90210 style, then we got married and I expected this glamourous melrose place type of marriage, and when we started having kids I fully expected to have a hilarious outgoing fun loving household like the Cosby's! HA I was so wrong! And what a poor example of what marriage and family should be like right? Having kids was difficult, neither of us knew what to do, we didn't sleep, ate terrible and hardly talked. It was like we existed in the same house but we didn't like each other. Then a whole lot of stress hit, my dad died, both my grandparents died, I got pregnant again and fell deep into depression.
This is when Gene started to change. I saw he was trying to improve himself, and I felt like if we continue down this path I will lose him....... I could fight or give up..... I decided to fight.
Fast forward to today! We have found US, we put our faith first, then we put US next. Don't get me wrong we don't shove our kids in a closet..... just in their rooms! And we take time for each other. We go on a date as often as we can, we SUPPORT each other, we RESPECT each other and we genuinely LOVE and CARE for each other.
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have a husband that treats her with respect, dignity, and love.

When was the last time you said "I love you" and really meant it? When was the last time you touched (non sexual) and really cared for one another?

In fact when was the last time you told your Family.... or your Friends that you "Love" them? When was the last time you gave a hug, shook a hand or touched a shoulder to let them know you care and understand? I encourage you to try it and see what kind of reaction you get! You just might be surprised! Happy Valentines everyone "I love you!"