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Yesterday was an significant day for my wife and I. It was ten years ago yesterday that we met and fell in love. It may sound weird to put those two things together, but for any of you who have met my wife you know that it’s hard not to love her from the second you meet her. She just has a way of making you feel like you’re the only person in the room when she talks to you. I may not have known the full extent of that love or how it would grow over time, but I was hooked from the beginning without any hesitation.

With our relationship gaining the perspective of the X factor this year (X is the roman numeral for 10 for those of you that didn’t put that together) I have decided to share ten things I have learned over the past ten years about my wife (in no particular order).

10. She has the gift of discernment. She’s sees things in people and situations that I never will.

9. Even when’s she’s mad at me, she still loves me. My wife has put up with a lot of crap from me over the years, but she has never stopped loving and respecting me. Not many people can do that.

8. She hates it when I say this, but she is gorgeous (inside and out).

7. She is an incredible mother. She has a patience and understanding with our son that I will never have, and I thank God for the way she balances out our parenting.

6. She is an incredibly loyal to my leadership. I am constantly leading both at home and in my professional life, but I have never had anyone who is as loyal and trusting in me as a leader than my wife. Her attitude gives me the confidence I need to lead our family.

5. Her sense of humor is more than a little weird. She’ll laugh at things that no one else will, but she doesn’t care. I’ll never stop loving that about her.

4. Her dedication to God’s work through our family is amazing. I don’t know too many women who would tolerate the path ministry has taken us on, much less handle it with the grace and perspective my wife has over the last seven years.

3. She has an ability to change someone with a conversation. Even if she says very little.

2. She hates watching movies because instead of engaging in a conversation we sit and stare blankly at a screen for hours. After ten years I’m starting to agree.

1. Her generous spirit has helped me to become a more giving person in every aspect of my life. No one else could have done that.

Here’s to ten more great years, and ten more after that, and ten more after that, and well…you get the picture. Love you honey.