100 Reasons Why I Love You

Happy 1st anniversary, babe.

1. You are Indian.
2. You are smarter than me.
3. You are organized.
4. You love your parents.
5. You aren’t afraid to say hard things.
6. You aren’t afraid to do hard things.
7. You have the strongest work ethic of any man I’ve known.
8. You are a great cook.
9. You patiently teach me how to cook.
10. You always remember to plug my phone into the charger each night, sometimes long after I’ve gone to bed.
11. Your faith in GOD.
12. Your knowledge of scripture.
13. You take spiritual warfare seriously.
14. You held me and rocked me while you cried out to GOD each night before bed — I was so sick I thought I would die.
15. You make me laugh.
16. You laugh at my jokes.
17. You are always willing to try new things.
18. You like to fish.
19. You have traveled to more countries than I will ever see in my lifetime.
19. You faithfully keep tabs on our budget.
20. Your friends respect you.
21. You are loyal.
22. You are honest — I can always trust your word.
23. You don’t run from conflict.
24. You help me not run from conflict.
25. You love my parents.
26. You have gorgeous teeth.
26. You are a good driver.
27. When I haven’t done the laundry, you don’t get mad. You just put a load in yourself.
28. You love to learn new things.
29. You respect those whom God has put in authority over you.
30. You love our nephews and nieces.
31. You want to be a dad.
32. You are ready to be a dad.
33. You always remember important facts.
34. You love to read the Old Testament.
35. You love your grandparents.
36. You know how to build things.
37. You know stuff about cars.
38. You always remember trash day.
39. You like to micromanage me and I let you because most of the time, your ideas are better.
40. You have a big, BIG, family.
41. You love our church.
42. You help me use our house to be hospitable towards others.
43. You never complain if dinner doesn’t have enough flavor. You just politely go get the ketchup.
44. You are not easily offended.
45. You are quick to listen.
46. You are slow to become angry.
47. I can’t even remember the last time you got angry.
48. If you’re mad, 99.9% of the time, you have a good reason.
49. You value justice.
50. You make friends easily.
51. You didn’t marry your college girlfriend.
52. You took me to the zoo on my 29th birthday and shelled out tons of cash so I could keep feeding the giraffes crackers.
53. You like to eat at the dinner table and not in front of the tv.
54. You aren’t obsessed with video games.
55. You aren’t obsessed with sports.
56. You think tv is a time waster for the most part. I agree.
57. You turn your eyes if a tv show has an inappropriate scene. Or turn the channel.
58. You speak well of your family and friends.
59. You rarely complain.
60. You often use discretion.
61. You will offer to help anyone.
62. You speak Spanish.
63. You mix well with my girlfriends.
64. You don’t keep bad company.
65. You sleep next to the bedroom door.
66. You like guns.
67. You know how to use a gun.
68. You don’t think it’s weird that I carry one.
69. You often tell me you love me.
70. You let me re-tell stories.
71. You do dishes.
72. You are excellent at using our grill. I can’t even start it.
73. You love Emma.
74. You take Emma out in the dark.
75. When I got sick this whole summer and no doctor could diagnose me, you always believed GOD would heal me.
76. You were the first guy I ever dated who caused zero drama in my life.
77. You hate drama.
78. You let me be dramatic just for fun.
79. You are confident.
80. You always come home when you say you will.
81. When I was sick, you said it was a privilege to suffer alongside me.
82. You love good preaching.
83. You can sing–really well.
84. You like good music.
85. You sang to me at night when I was sick.
86. You let my parents help you take care of me when I was sick.
87. You read and study your Bible.
88. You speak in tongues.
89. You are forever organizing our garage.
90. You have great taste in clothes and furniture.
91. You have exciting goals and dreams for our life.
92. You think I’m smart.
93. You worked full time while getting your MBA.
94. You have made it a point to have older mentors in your life.
95. Your brown eyes.
96. You are not pretentious or materialistic.
97. You like bold colors, like I do.
98. Your impersonation of an Indian accent is priceless.
99. You respect your father.
100. You took me horseback riding the day we got engaged, even though riding isn’t your thing.

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