Happy Birthday Adrienne

Adrienne is in California this week visiting family and so I will not get to see her today. Since I won’t see her I thought it would be nice to leave a few thoughts on the family blog. There are a lot of things that I appreciate about my wife and the longer we have been married the more that I have come to appreciate her. She is a very thoughtful person. She is always doing special things for the family as a whole and for each of us individually.

Adrienne is also very creative. Her creativity manifests itself in many different ways. Regular readers of the blog are already aware of her abilities when it comes to sewing and crafting. I am truly amazed by the things she can create. In our family we are also fortunate that her creativity translates into cooking. I used to fancy myself a decent cook because there are a few things that I make really well. Adrienne on the other hand is not content with what she knows, she looks for new things. I am sometimes skeptical of her plans, but they usually turn out. Who would have thought that squash soup would taste yummy?

The cooking is nice but I think that it is really indicative of the effort that Adrienne makes to improving herself, and cultivate new skills. She is always trying to be better and do better. Sometimes this desire manifests itself in the way she approaches a new project, and sometimes in her efforts to be more patient. I think she is aware of the areas in which she struggles and she makes a conscious effort to improve when she falls short.

My favorite thing about Adrienne is the time that we spend together. When I spend time with her I know the conversation will be easy and interesting, and the laughs will be frequent. I am really grateful that she is my wife, and that Max and Emily have her for a mother. There is more that I wish I could say about Adrienne, but unfortunately I have hit the limit of my writing talent. So, I will end this post by saying to Adrienne, I love you and Happy Birthday.