Happy Day

I promise that this blog isn't going to become a place where Amy and I just blog about how awesome we think each other is. But this week may be the one exception. You see, Amy's birthday is on Feb 12th, our anniversary is on Feb 8th and as you may have heard Feb 14th is Valentine's day. That means that this is sort of a big week for me. If I can hit all my marks, I am golden. But if I drop the ball, there is no redo later in the year. It also means that if I ever want to send flowers for our anniversary, they can't be roses because  their price triples in early February. And it also means that when we try to go to a movie for our anniversary, we are stuck choosing between Just Go With It or Gnomeo and Juliet. If you are unmarried and reading this blog, plan your wedding during the fall movie season! Your future anniversaries will thank you!

Amy has already told the story here of how we met and fell in love, albeit with me being a bit of a tool through the whole process. So I am not here to rehash that tale, or tell my side. My side is pretty much as it seems - I was indeed kind of a tool. I'm here to talk about what an amazing person Amy is. I don't think I am telling any of you readers anything that you don't already know. You can tell from Amy's thoughtful, brilliant and hilarious blog posts that she is, indeed, thoughtful, brilliant and hilarious. And she is an amazing writer. A fact that I am pretty jealous of. And, as you have witnessed, she is an amazing mother. Sensitive, loving and powerful. Our kids worship her. She is singlehandedly navigating the world of raising a kid with special needs and two other kids who can be needy in their own ways.

What has been amazing to me as I approach the young side of middle age with someone (that was my coy way of saying "grow old with someone") is her constant effort to better herself. And in doing so, she forces me to get better, just to keep the gap small. She is always challenging herself physically, spiritually, intellectually and musically (this year: learning the guitar. And the violin. Because why not?) Just for the sake of being a better person. My natural inclination is to skate by at everything I do so that I can spend more time on Facebook and Digg. And hers is to find things that make her life mean more. How could you not love that woman?

I better wrap this up. I have to write my Valentine's card still, and I don't want to use up all of my good material. Amy - you amaze me every day and I love you. Happy Birthday!! Thanks for being my best friend.