My two boys.
I rarely write much about my husband on this blog and well, he likes it that way.
But we just celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary and next month, we will be celebrating 20 years together. I was six when we met…ha.
My husband is a real man. Something like 90 percent of marriages fail when a child has an ongoing serious health condition like Bex’s (at one point potentially fatal) progressive scoliosis.
It wasn’t easy on our marriage, because it can be lonely and terrifying to go through something like that, even when you’re together…but he stayed strong. Sometimes he carried me. Many times he carried me.
A couple of days ago I watched Nick on a tense phone call with a famous actor, handling it with grace and confidence, and thirty minutes later I watched him perfectly prepare our little boy a nitrate free turkey hot dog like he was cooking it for a Top Chef competition.
He doesn’t half ass it, because he loves his son and would lasso the moon for him if he could.
As I write this, my husband is driving to give blood and do a cheek swab to see if he is a match to give life saving bone marrow to another father of small children who is dying from a disease.
That’s my husband Nick, the man who loves me fiercely despite the fact that I have sometimes been, err…difficult to love. I’m loveable, but I’m complicated, you know me…an ongoing work in progress, not at all perfection.
But he does love me more than ever, because Nick doesn’t run when times get tough. He mans up and embraces his family more. He fights for us. I know I’m safe in his arms, even on my darkest nights.
I must be the luckiest wife alive because God sent me an angel when I met my man at age 22. I love him forever.
XOXO-
~ Nick’s lucky, lucky wife Heidi
happy anniversary! love your genuine tribute to love!
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That’s lovely! May you both have many, many, many more years of continued bliss together!
What an uplifting thing to read!!! So wonderful that after so many years together you can still take pause and appreciate the things that make you love him. You’re right – health issues for our children do indeed mean added pressure for parents. That you got through it with grace is such testament to both of your characters. Thank you for sharing this – brought such a smile to my face
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Congratulations Heidi! I’m so happy for you. You know as I was reading this all I could think about was my husband and how beautiful he is. I am too a lucky woman to be with a man who truly truly loves me and all my flaws. He has stuck by me through some of the same things you have been through and you’re right he mans up and doesn’t leave my side, just tries to love me more. We are both so lucky. I am so grateful for everything I have. Thank you for writing this. It really made me reflect!
So sweet! You are indeed a very lucky woman. It’s hard to find a “real” man in this day and age
Congrats to the two of you and wishing you many happy years to come!
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What a lovely tribute to your man and your marriage. Just one question… does Nick have a MUCH older brother just like him, say around 60ish? LOL.
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Happy Anniversary! He seems like a wonderful man. You both are very lucky to have found each other and face daily braveries together. Congrats!
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