Drinking Wine on A Sunday Night and Feeling Thankful

Hiked around Alpenglow with three real women and then played hockey with another nine and I'm feeling pretty lucky and thankful for all the me-time.

Time with friends instead of family.

Christy not Mom.

And I love my husband for not making me feel guilty for our lopsided weekend.

I love him for a lot more than that.

Here's the short list of why I love Nick Jordan:

I knew the moment I walked into the classroom for Expedition Leadership and he looked up from his newspaper with those brilliant blue eyes.

When I first met him we both drove Subarus, ate vegetarian, listened to Ani Difranco, and wanted nothing more than to be away from civilization in the tundra, river beds, and woods.

When we walked at the same pace during our 15 days hiking beneath the Alaska Range, we carried our homes on our backs and asked each other questions.

What are your dreams?

Do you like to dance?

What's your favorite thing to cook?

What's your family like?

He grew up as the child of educators, just like me, and I love his parents, as I do my own.

I have never known a more patient man.

Nick didn't let his ego keep him from learning how to skate in his twenties, so he could play hockey with me and my family, and he still plays today.

Before children, Nick chose to work as T.A at a preschool for children with disabilities, and he is the only man I can imagine parenting my children with, ecspecially Elias, as we fumble along this road where too many miles stretch between stones.

Nick can renovate a house and bake banana bread, build a mean fire and touch me in the exact right spot.

And I could go on with my list but I think instead I'll pour myself another glass of wine and walk out to the garage to find him.

Comments

[Mom and Dad]

Beautiful!! You and Nick are so lucky to have found each other and we are lucky to have Nick as a son-in-law!! What a find!!

[Cheryl Childers]

beautiful. deserved. blessed. being in a loving relationship is the best healing power for anything that ails one.

[Christy]

I do feel so blessed that we somehow found each other:)

[caroline de lasa]

Wow. You are amazing. xx

[Kate]

So glad you have each other. Makes all the difference in the world.