I Want You To Meet Someone...

This is my Gapboy. I have written about him many times before. Brief snippets about this or that but I don't think you have been formally introduced. We have known each other since the teenage years. Back when we were two totally different people... but oh so in love. He is also my best friend. My partner in crime, my bubble burster, my provider, my reality check and my most faithful blog reader.

He's a girls kinda guy. You know, the one you were good friends with in High school. Quiet, kinda shy but says what is on his mind. He is easy to talk to and my friends get along with him with such ease. He can slip into any conversation and gives great advice... always keeping the respect and boundaries in place. He {sometimes} enjoys chick flicks but enjoys military movies more. He is patient... oh so patient with me. He never picks up his pajamas. He leaves them faithfully by his side of the bed in a crumpled mess. Everyday.For 13+years. He NEVER leaves the toilet seat up. He is a great dad and a great provider for all of us. It doesn't scare him. I sometimes think about the pressure he might have on him day to day. Thats why I try to make his time at home as pleasurable as can be. { I can only hear his laughs now}

He is a manly man. His hands are dirty. Stained from work. To me thats attractive. He can fix anything! He welds, fixes oil burners, mends leaky roofs, builds garden beds, makes washing machines work again, makes cars run, changes oil, tires, brakes, and even diapers. He re-wires lamps I find in thrift shops. He can shoot a gun. He even fixes computers so I can type away. Nothing makes him happier than the smell of fresh tilled soil, his arms in dirt up to his elbows and watching things grow. He enjoys a challenge. He is an artist. An amazing artist. Being a soldier for so long killed that part in him. I sometimes try and bring it out. I have had no luck. He drinks too much Dr. Pepper. He needs to take better care of himself. He will have lots of grandchildren to spoil and play with. He got saved the second Molly entered the world. He says that she saved him. Something about that brown eyed girl. We are like minded and for that I am eternally thankful. We don't fight often but when we do its a doozy... but im never irrational. Never ever ever. Right hun?;)

But most of all he loves me. Deeply. He is committed to me. A real man gets dirty. A real man is not intimidated by having kids. Or having more kids... or even more.... In my eyes, he is real. He will tell you like it is. He is honest. He is open. If you don't have thick skin then stay away. Its something that took years to get used to but makes me a better wife for it.

And I Love Him.

So, I hope you enjoy what he has to say. Whenever that may be...