What Did I Do To Deserve This?

The most amazing thing happened to me three and a half years ago. Something spectacular. It was three years in the making, and a couple of times, almost didn't happen at all. Everyone told me how lucky I was, but somehow it never really sank in at the time. Sometimes I wonder if it ever will. But this amazing, remarkable, spectacular, incredible thing that happened to me...was marriage.
Now that I've captured all the women's attention and lost any guy that may have been reading, I will continue.
The act of marriage was great. The ceremony was short and sweet, the reception was a blast. But that's not the best part about this marriage. Oh, no. And for those of you who think I'm about to go into detail about the wedding night, get your minds out of the gutter. You're perverts. The part I want to talk about, the part that I never deserved and still don't, is my incredible wife, who I don't talk about nearly enough.
This person who walked into my life over six years ago has still got me falling all over myself every day. And there is one quality that I want to focus on in this blog, and maybe more later--and that is patience. My wife is the most patient person I have ever known. And the fact that I'm the most impatient person I know says enough about her right there. She makes Ghandi look like an anxiety attack. Let me give an example. The other day, my 10-month-old daughter was screaming at the top of her lungs. I, being the impatient non-deservant person I am, just raised my voice and said "Stop screaming!" And though she continued to scream, my wife just shot me one of her magnificent smiles and giggled a little. I don't understand why the screaming doesn't affect her. Things like that just don't get to her, it's weird. I wish I could have thought of a better example, because that doesn't even begin to explain the patience and understanding this woman holds.
My wife is the most amazing woman I have ever met and I can honestly say that she's too good for me. I really hope she never figures that out.