To My Husband, Happy Anniversary!

This is what I received at my work email this morning...

"I love you honey bunch, keep smiling because that’s what makes you beautiful.  Our children don’t know yet how lucky they are but trust me they feel it because they’re always clinging to you lol.  Ethan will be fine, he’s getting a lot of help so don’t let his outbursts get to you, in due time he’ll be able to control it."

Last night I was crying, I was overwhelmed with my work and home responsibilities. My in laws went home to the Philippines for a family emergency, they primarily watch both our kids - 3x a week - Wednesday to Friday. They take Ethan to his therapies. They're a huge help and I couldn't be more thankful and grateful for them. Now that they're away, I had to adjust my work schedule, I work from home Monday afternoons and Fridays so I can tend to Ethan's therapies. Because of this schedule, my workload is increasingly piling up. I need to better manage my time. Or maybe I just need a break?

Anyway, my husband has been doing the same. He also tries to work from home on Fridays and take Ethan to his appointments. We're so lucky to have the flexibility with our jobs. Our family's journey isn't easy, raising our child with special needs requires a lot of patience, strength, and unconditional love. We both have to roll with the punches because each day brings a unique set of challenges.

My husband is my strength and he makes me smile with a phone conversation that we just had:

H: Hey Hon, I'm getting wings for dinner
W: That's good but I have to take Ethan to his therapy after work so I'll see you after
H: Oh crap I forgot about that. Btw, I ordered 15 pcs of flaps
W: Really you can order just the flaps?
H: Yeah apparently you can, it's just 10 minutes longer. That way we don't have to fight for the flaps.
W: Haha great!
H: See honey? That's what I do. I improve your life by ordering the flaps.
W: (I don't know why I found it funny but I was laughing like crazy)

Stupid maybe silly conversations like that matters a lot, it makes us laugh and it's true - he improves my life. (OMG, did I just say that?!) He found my current job, he maintains our cars, he finds my phone everytime I can't find it, he cooks for our family, he drops me off and picks me up from work, he proofreads my emails, he's my walking dictionary (or wikipedia in this generation), he updates me with current events. What else can I ask for? He's my personal assistant! LOL Don't get me wrong there are days when we argue a lot or I just want to smack him in the head but overall he is my everything. He makes me smile on a bad day and I know he got my back. I will never get through our son's journey without him. SO, Happy 5th Anniversary my love! Thank you for everything! There's no other man I would want to spend the rest of my life with than you. I love you.