a birthday "ode"

today is my husband birthday.  (well the 13th... i am an hour off)
in honor of such an occasion i am going to write a small downsized list of things he and marriage have taught me.

1. that kindness is never lost on anyone.

2. that unselfishness is the most unselfish gift you can give.

3. that love is found in the oddest of circumstances.

4. that sacrifice may be hardest in simple things.

5.that gratitude is often largest for the smallest of gestures. 

6. that life is indeed easier when taken on with someone else. (as my father wisely counselled me and i have discovered to be 100% true)

7. that unexpected circumstances forge the strongest bonds. 

8. that there is unexplained power in a simple apology (and it's the cure for many a thing). 

9. that having someone love you for who you are is the greatest gift anyone can give you. 

10. that life is beautiful in every good and bad of it.  

grateful every day to have my dale.
grateful every day to be married.
it has taught me about me.
it has taught me about living.

i hope all of you are learning similarly beautiful lessons in each of your worlds.

(and just for good measure a few pictures of the man himself)