laurawrites

One of the reasons I adore my husband is his appreciation. One of the biggest disappointments in parenting is the complete lack of gratitude or appreciation, but that's another post.

DH is always delightfully happy, surprised, and appreciative when I do even the most mundane of chores! If I make dinner (which really I do quite often) he always thanks me and makes a fuss over how wonderful it is. Unless it's awful, then we laugh about it. If he sees I have done the laundry, or some project at the office, he gets excited and recognizes my efforts.

Today I spent a bunch of time cleaning off the top of his chest of drawers. It was a disaster of weeks of emptied pockets. Yuck. The kids knew I had been working on it because it took so long. When he got home I whispered to the children to guess how long it would take him to notice. My son didn't think he would notice at all. Within 30 seconds of him walking in the bedroom we hear a booming WOW! Then he proceeded to thank me and he went on and on about how great it looked and how he would try to keep it clean.

He's just so damn cute about it with the enthusiasm. It could be an evil plot to get me to do more, but if so it has worked for almost 19 years.

What a sweety.