To My Best Friend

Happy birthday to my very best friend.
Happy birthday to the man who gets up at 4:50 every morning when our obese CAT cries and whines to be let over the child gate (she’s too big to get through the bars and too large to heave herself over). He stumbles back to bed for another hour.

Happy birthday to the man who gently puts our daughters to bed every night, with sweetness and a soft touch; who reads the classics to Hope faithfully and is as excited as her to find out what happens to Buck in The Call of the Wild.

Happy birthday to the man who has loved me and cared for me and protected me; to the man who has given up his own pride for the sake of his wife. Happy birthday to the man who found the gem inside me, deep inside a hardened heart, and who loved me even so.

Happy birthday to my friend who works hard each day and always carries his own weight and ours on his shoulders; to the man who has gotten up countless times in the dark of night and changed a baby’s diaper, who has held that baby and sang to her.

Happy birthday to the boy who shares the same heart and memories as I do for the past 15 years. I love you!

6 Responses to “To My Best Friend”

  1. Lisa Leonard says:

    Happy Birthday Chad!! Love you!

  2. Short Stop says:

    Happy Birthday to your husband. What great words to honor him with today!

  3. Alana says:

    Happy Birthday to your best friend!

    Love your words to him!

  4. Chad Markley says:

    “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…”

    I love you my sweet princess and you too are my Best Friend.

    – Chad

  5. carrie says:

    Beautiful post!

    I noticed on the side bar regarding the catalogs. Whenever I receive one we don’t want (which happens frequently), I call the company and ask to be removed from the mailing list. So nice, especially since you can usually browse on-line.

  6. Mary@notbefore7 says:

    This was so sweet! Happy Birthday!

    PS- noticed on your sidebar you’d like to hit NYC one day – call me and I’ll meet you! Manhattan is my favorite place! We’ll grab coffee and shop. Well, you can run – I’ll cheer!

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