And just like that...he was gone.

I am not usually very fond of this time of year, mostly because my hubby has to work out of town so often. This stretch wasn't too bad, it was two weeks. It was long enough. Michael came home to spend the weekend with us and just left a couple hours ago on a plane to go back to work. He's been working up in Reno for the past couple weeks and still has a few weeks of work left to do up there. We used to take part of the summer and just go to Reno, but with the track that my kids are on they aren't even done with their 08-09 school year yet. siiiiigh.
This weekend was nice, calm, relaxing. Just what we needed. I am so completely in love with that man I cannot even put it into words. I love that God knew exactly what I needed in a husband. He has an amazing work ethic and has worked hard for our family even before we became a family. He has loved me at every stage of my life, sinful, god-fearing, thin, fat, comfortable, poor, cute, ugly, kind, irritable, ... he's been so wonderful through all of those different sides of me. He has the ability to make me laugh on a regular basis and is attracted to me even when I can't stand myself. He's the one who is in it with me for the long haul. I confess that I am human and find myself, on occasion, making a mental list of things that I would like to change about him and even think that God would probably appreciate my help in changing my husband. (embarrassed sigh). Nope. God made him exactly the way he is supposed to be and he did a wonderful job at that. I do hope, however, that God will change me in the many many ways that I am in need of. I am praying for our marriage regularly as well as the marriages around me. There are seasons of good, bad, and ugly. Seasons I love to remember, and seasons I pray to forget. There is an evil enemy who is absolutely out to destroy marriages everywhere. I have witnessed it first-hand. It is a sadness I cannot explain. In keeping with the point of this post, I will end on a happy note: I love my husband so very much, and I am thankful for the continual challenge and blessing of my marriage. I am thankful for God's mercy and grace as I do my best to show my children what a healthy marriage looks like.