Marriage

It’s that time of the year again when I celebrate my husband and get to tell the whole world (or at least those who read my blog) what a great guy I married!

Dear Binny,

1. I love your passion to establish our family on the Rock.
2. The patience you have to make plum cakes.
3. Your love for the mountains… 🏔️
4. …and that you tolerate my life for the beach.
5. Your paintings that adorn our home. 🖼️
6. The number of habits you’re tracking.
7. The way you explain stuff to the kids in a way they understand.
8. That you insist on explaining things to me even when it’s totally going over my head.
9. That you’ll always, always make time for chai with friends. ☕️
10. That you took the time to understand personality types just cos I asked you to.
11. The way you can juggle multiple responsibilities at work, church, home, and football… I’m truly in awe! 🤹‍♂️
12. The way you laugh at your own jokes.
13. That you refer to me as Wonder Woman…
14. …and reinforce it with appropriate gifs.
15. Your raw physical strength. 🏋️‍♂️
16. Listening to 90’s love songs in the car with you.
17. Your restlessness when you know something’s just not right.
18. Your drive to get back on your feet after surgery.
19. The number of micro, mini and mega dates you’ve taken me on this year. 🍽️
20. The way you answer the kids’ questions about life and spirituality.
21. Your carefully curated fitness plan.
22. Your sermon notes and doodles. ✏️
23. Your personal Bible study takeaways that you share with me.
24. Your love for deep teachings from the Bible.
25. Your heart to equip those God has entrusted to you
26. The impromptu excursions you take us on. 🚗
27. That you sense my need for downtime.
28. …and make room for it even before I ask for it.
29. The special handshake you do with the kids. 🤝
30. Your attention to detail.
31. The number of times you’ve put our family’s best interest before something you really wanted to do.
32. The way you kept pestering me to tell you what I wanted for my birthday. 🎁
33. The long meaningful conversations about the things that really matter.
34. The amazing fish fry you made. 🐟
35. The fact that you’re budget-conscious.
36. The way you capture beauty on camera. 📸
37. Your determination to push past physical limits.
38. The look in your eyes when you see babies, puppies, and plants! 🥰
39. The way you always stick up for your team – whether it’s at work, church or the football field.

I’m forever grateful that you chose me to be your wife! 💕

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Any married women out there?
Go ahead, write a note, a text, an email.
Let your husband know all that you love about him.
You’ll be glad you did!

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After a 2 year hiatus, I thought it would be fun to resume my annual tradition of celebrating my husband on his birthday!

This probably sounds cheesy, but my husband has been my best friend, closest companion and trusted confidant for the past 12 years… and this is how I get to tell the world what a great guy he is! 😉

Dear Binny,

1. I love that you are serious about the stuff that matters…
2. …and so casual about the ones that aren’t!
3. Thank you for keeping me grounded when I feel overwhelmed.
4. That you walk in after a long day at work and offer to help in the kitchen. 👨‍🍳
5. The way you explain science stuff to the kids. ⚛️
6. That you’ve taught the kids to question how things work. 🛠️
7. Your amusement at my inability to question why things work the way they do!
8. That time you held the elevator door open for me! 😘
9. For being our very own Mr. Incredible! 🦸‍♂️
10. The way you insist you’re the Hulk and not geeky Bruce Banner. 🤓
11. Your concern and care when I fall sick… 🤒
12. …and the numerous times you ask me, “Are you ok?”
13. For training the kids to clean the house. 🏡
14. Your commitment…
15. …to family,
16. …ministry, ⛪️
17. …and work. 💻
18. That you’ve made travel an integral part of our family culture. 🚗
19. For saying yes to Zurich… 🏔️
20. …and letting us experience Europe! 🌍
21. Your determination to get back on your feet after major injuries. 👟
22. The way you breeze through exercises that leave me huffing and puffing. 🏋️‍♂️
23. That you’ll fight to keep the flame alive in our marriage. 🤵❤️👰
24. Your innovative ideas for conflict resolution. 🥊
25. The garden on our balcony… 🌱
26. …and your excitement when flowers bloom. 🌸
27. That you’ll make time for your friends…
28. …and strive to be available for those in distress.
29. For taking the kids out when I need some alone time. 🛋️
30. For the pretty earrings you buy me on your travels.
31. The way you push me to go out and meet my friends. 👭
32. The pure joy on your face when you hear a complicated note in a song. 🎼
33. That you let the kids follow their individual interests.
34. Your short and sometimes annoying “Hmm”s.
35. Your one word feedback comments. 😜
36. The way you cover all our bases when we make important decisions.
37. That you wait for me to be ok with something before you go ahead with it.
38. For buying me my very own smartphone! 📱

For all these and more… I love you, now and always! ❤️

To all the married women out there…
Go ahead, write a note, a text, an email.
Let your husband know all that you love about him.
You’ll be glad you did!

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I’ve come out of blog hibernation (a rather extended, unintended blog break) today, to pen down my annual post celebrating my husband on his birthday.

I know it probably sounds cheesy to many, but this is one way I get to tell my husband how much I love him. Also, people get to know what a great guy he is! 😉

Truth is, when I write thousands of words on a weekly basis for others as part of my job, I could certainly make time to write 500 words about the guy I love and admire at least once a year.

I thought it would be difficult to write a new post from scratch in less than an hour. But what do you know… once I got started, I couldn’t really stop!

So, here we go…

1. That you plan to have fun, even though you’re not a planner by nature.
2. When you use endearing terms on me that are usually reserved for luxury cars and bikes you admire 😉 .
3. That you take time to play carrom with the kids.
4. For buying me cake, flowers and a card for my birthday, which I didn’t quite want to celebrate.
5. That you practically try to make life easier for our parents.
6. Your insane workout sessions.
7. That you are eager to learn new skills…
8. …and improve existing ones.
9. The way you’re cautious not to let your talents waste away.
10. For being my mouse-terminator.
11. For braving the Chennai floods…
12. …and driving through high waters.
13. For planning all the fun things we were supposed to do in Chennai.
14. The way you made it up to the kids when we had to cut our Chennai trip short.
15. The way you keep hounding me to get a dog.
16. The times you taught the sons their Math lessons.
17. For the Computer practical session you conducted for the boys.
18. The way you get the kids to be reasonable in their requests.
19. That you took the effort to handpick a birthday card for me.
20. The way you invest in your own well-being.
21. For getting me to think logically when i forget 😛 .
22. The alarms you set on your phone that remind you to leave office on time.
23. That the alarm reads “Time with Kids”.
24. How you prioritize spending time with the kids over homework or chores.
25. That you’ll sit up late with the kids and watch a superhero movie…
26. …even if you have wake up early the next day to drive hundreds of kilometers.
27. For the many selfies you’ve taken of us – with and without the kids.
28. The way you were cautious to get a military cover for your phone before it could crack further.
29. That you think my chappathis are better than others’. LOL!
30. The way you genuinely believed the paneer I cooked was the best you’d ever tasted.
31. The Rottikallu trip – our first real vacation in like, forever.
32. The way you got your dad to play the keyboard after ages.
33. That you support me when I tell you something God said.
34. That you hired a part-time cook for me.
35. That you actually taught the kids how to moonwalk today.

Love that I get to be your wife!

To all the married women out there…
Go ahead, write a note, a text, an email.
Let your husband know all that you love about him.
You’ll be glad you did!

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It’s my husband’s birthday today… which means it’s that time of the year when I write a mushy blog post listing all the things I love about him 😉 .

{If you’d rather go read something else, I wouldn’t blame you! How about some inspiration, links I love, parenting stuff or stories about the trio?}

Well, here goes…

To the one my heart loves, here are 34 things I love about you!

1. The way you look in a suit.
2. Wrestling with you for the remote.
3. Your taste in music that has {slightly} influenced mine.
4. For accepting my limitations.
5. That you are a responsible son / son-in-law.
6. For listening to me when I vent out my frustrations.
7. The times you’ve cooked when I’ve had a work deadline.
8. For being someone I can look up to for spiritual guidance.
9. For ordering pizza on nights I’m too tired to cook.
10. The Saturdays you took the kids with you to church.
11. For bringing your friends (and their wives) into my life.
12. The times you’ve sneaked ice-cream into the house just for me.
13. For doing the dishes when I burn my hand cooking.
14. For chipping in with the cooking after I’ve burnt myself.
15. When you tearfully chop onions for me.
16. For dressing up the kids’ wounds every time they fall.
17. The way you delight in imitating my quirkiness.
18. For taking us out to 3D movies the kids will enjoy.
19. The way you talk about cars & bikes with the boys.
20. For taking us to the super bike show on Mother’s Day this year.
21. For teaching the kids to respect me.
22. The time you walked to work because you didn’t want to disturb the puppies snuggled up under the car.
23. That you can keep your cool, even when the kids are pushing all your buttons.
24. Your eagerness to gift the kids something new, once in a while.
25. Your commitment to stay where God has placed you.
26. For listening to my ramblings about days past.
27. That you care for me more than I care for myself.
28. The cross-trainer you plotted beforehand to buy me.
29. For being my cockroach-slayer.
30. The hands-on computer lesson you gave the kids.
31. The way you share what God’s been telling you lately.
32. The brunch date you planned for my birthday.
33. For keeping a listening ear to what God wants for our family.
34. The way you make me fall in love with you all over again, even after 7+ years!

I’m definitely blessed to be your wife!

To all the married women out there…
Go ahead, write a note, a text, an email.
Let your husband know all that you love about him.
You’ll be glad you did!

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It’s my husband’s birthday today! And in keeping with what I wrote last year and the year before, here are 33 things I love about him :).

To my husband, my lover, my best friend… here’s what I love about you:

1. Your eagerness to minister for God’s glory.
2. The post-it love note you stuck on the showcase.
3. The way you patiently say “Bye” to the kids over and over again.
4. Your determination to balance family, church and work.
5. The encouraging words you scribbled in my planner.
6. The way you check on the kids after they’re asleep on Saturday nights.
7. For taking the kids’ homework off my hands.
8. Your dedication in training the choir.
9. For using your talents to glorify God.
10. The intensity with which you play the guitar (and keep breaking the strings!).
11. For giving up Saturday morning football just for me.
12. The way you discuss super heroes with the sons.
13. For taking a day off to take us all out.
14. The 2 movie dates you took me out on, this year.
15. The joy on your face after you bought the kids Transformers.
16. For being the primary bread-winner in our family.
17. Watching late night movies with you.
18. For setting aside what you want to do, for what you need to do.
19. The 3D & 5D theater experience you took me to.
20. For being a generous giver…
21. …but a careful spender.
22. For allowing me to take a day off once in a while.
23. The way you hold me together when I’m falling apart.
24. For patiently listening to the stories of my past.
25. Your support as I began working from home.
26. For taking over when I’m burnt out.
27. For teaching the kids how to spell…
28. …and what the different food groups are.
29. For putting up with my emotional highs and lows.
30. For being my best friend for the past 7 years.
31. The ease with which you sing various parts.
32. For attempting to be home early this evening :).
33. For making sure our family is taken care of, in the midst of your commitments at work and church.

{I’m so proud to be your wife!}

To all the married women out there…
Go ahead, write a note, a text, an email.
Let your husband know all that you love about him.
You’ll be glad you did!

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Barely a month after I started blogging last year, I wrote a post on my husband’s 31st birthday listing 31 things I loved about him. Well, yesterday he turned 32. It was only fitting that I followed up this year with 32 things I love about him :). And maybe another 33 next year?!

Well, here goes… To the love of my life, here’s 32 things I love about you:

1. Your obedience to God, even when it seems absurd.
2. The way you wait on God before making major decisions.
3. How you’ve set your priorities right.
4. The way you hold on to a word God has given you.
5. When you see I’m exhausted and you take up half my to-do list.
6. Your commitment to work and provide for us.
7. Your leadership – at home and at work.
8. Your patience with the kids when i’m losing mine.
9. The way you hair looks, naturally.
10. Your constant encouragement with respect to my blog.
11. The way you remind me of God’s promises when I am doubtful.
12. Your simple answers to my complex questions.
13. Your support when I’m an emotional mess.
14. When you raise your eyebrows and give me that look.
15. The two of us watching a movie in a theater for the first time together…
16. … And walking out halfway through to pick up the kids.
17. When you tried to get the kids to sing harmony.
18. For making sure our finances are on track.
19. The way you initiate family time – be it a movie or a trip to the beach.
20. For fixing our laptop charger.
21. The way you can straighten up our home in just 10 minutes.
22. The laugh lines near your eyes.
23. Rough boy fights with the kids.
24. When you teach them to write…
25. … Or learn a new Hindi rhyme.
26. The way you answer the kids’ complex questions.
27. For buying me running shoes…
28. … And encouraging me to run.
29. The way you sneak up on me and make me squeal.
30. How you chide the kids when they disrespect me.
31. The way you get excited when the kids love a toy you bought.
32. The picture of you above – you are one good looking guy :).

{I’m so glad God chose me to be your wife.}

To all the married women out there… Go ahead, write a note, a text or an email… Let your husband know all that you love about him. You’ll be glad you did!

“My beloved is mine, and I am his.” (Song of Solomon 2:16)

Today my husband celebrates his 31st birthday.  I just wanted to use this space to remind myself of all the things I love about him – and as an appreciation of his love for me over the past 5 years.  Oh and before I forget…  This was also the day 5 years back when we realized that there was the slightest possibility that God had destined us to live the rest of our lives together.  Why 31?  Well, just because he turns 31 this year :)!

So, here goes… 31 things I love about my husband:

1. His love for God – that exceeds everything else in his life.
2. Commitment to the ministry that God has called him to – as a singer/worship leader.
3. Love for music – although I may not appreciate all the genres he likes ;).
4. The way he plays his guitar.
5. His voice – whether he’s singing or just talking.
6. His impromptu compositions that leave me and the sons laughing till our stomachs hurt.
7. He is hilarious – with his funny faces, actions & impersonations.
8. Teaching the kids to play football.
9. Teaching the kids to pray & read the Bible.
10. Teaching the kids new praise/worship songs.
11. Getting the kids to do their homework.
12. Letting me take a break when I’m on the verge of insanity.
13. Home & work life balance.
14. Dedication at his job.
15. Getting the house back in order when it looks like a tornado went through it.
16. Taking over the dishes when the kitchen sink is overflowing.
17. Giving up football to take me out on my birthday.
18. Buying dinner when I’m unable to cook.
19. Making burgers on Saturdays!
20. Surprise hugs & kisses.
21. Sharing anything interesting he finds on Facebook with me.
22. His excitement over doing anything together as a family.
23. Pushing the bike away from the house before starting it in the mornings – lest the kids hear it and wake up.
24. Bringing in the clothes when it starts raining.
25. Being tidy.
26. Eating whatever I cook – even if in most cases it’s inedible.
27. Taking the kids out on a drive – just because.
28. Crazy jokes that make me laugh, even if I find them really dumb!
29. For encouraging me in my latest endeavor – be it dieting, exercising or blogging.
30. For reviewing, promoting and moderating my blog.
31. For who he is – body, mind and soul.

I just realized I’ve got more to add… I guess I could always do it the easy way and tell him directly! 😉

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