
- I have a weakness for big brown eyes.
- He makes me laugh.
- He laughs at my jokes.
- The values we share.
- He calls me on my ‘meshuggahs’ (a lovely Yiddish word that means something like ‘crazy stuff’).
- He has taught me a whole bunch of nifty Yiddish words.
- His family.
- He’s the smartest person I know.
- He loves me.
- He can show affection (to his family, his friends and to me).
- The cute face he makes when he’s feeling a little sheepish (and the same face I see reflected on my oldest son).
- His unwavering support, throughout the worst and the best of my life as a cancer patient.
- He’s an amazing father.
- He still manages to surprise me, even after almost seventeen years together.
- He chooses good friends.
- He has kept his hair longer, even though it bugs him because I think it’s hot.
- He is a sexy beast (and will be mortified that I wrote this).
- He is beautiful. Inside and out.
- He has shown me that being angry with me and loving me are not mutually exclusive.
- We have fun together.
- He knows me better than anyone (and loves me anyway).
- He is a really good cook.
- He tells me that I’m beautiful.
- He thinks the most casual of clothes are the sexiest.
- He puts up with the fact that I do not drive.
- He is incredibly supportive of my writing.
- He understands that ‘taking care of myself’ can mean yet another ball of wool or a pedicure, even if he doesn’t totally get it.
- The way we can communicate with a glance and a raised eyebrow.
- The way he can wax eloquent about hot sauce.
- I feel like I’m still getting to know him.
- His calves.
- He is very kind.
- He can apologize when he’s wrong.
- He reads.
- He lets me talk to him about knitting (and I talk about knitting a lot).
- He doesn’t knit but he can talk knowledgeably about getting gauge and blocking.
- He has his own interests and his own friends.
- He encourages my separate interests and friendships.
- I can recognize his walk from a distance (and my boys walk the same way).
- He makes writing this list incredibly easy. I’m confident that I could go on for 100 more birthdays.
- I love him more than I can say.
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