In Everything Give Thanks #8,9,10,and 11

Well, I am way behind in my In Everything Give Thanks Posts so I think I may just stop them or combine them all.  Today and everyday I am thankful for my husband.  I know I have said it a million times and I will say it a million more that he is THE BEST husband in the world!!  My heart has been heavy the last few weeks with all kinds of terrible things that are happening to those I love.  It makes my heart hurt when people around me are hurting or suffering and there isn't much I can do to help.  It does however put my own problems into perspective....and that is why I am talking about my hubby!  I have friends who have husbands that are gone a lot for work.  It is what they have to do and they all understand that.  My one friend has her hubby gone for weeks and months at a time with the military.  And she is home with their little ones.  He misses a lot of big milestones.  But, it works for them on some level and not on other levels.  Jeremy and I were THIS CLOSE (imagine my fingers really, really close together) to him joining the military as an officer/pharmacist.  There were many perks but so many non-perks. At the time we felt pressured with financial problems to do it because it seemed our only way out.  Thank goodness we chose to open our own business instead....even though it has been one of the toughest things we have ever done!! lol!  I was talking to my friend the other day about it and she was saying that her husband will be able to retire in fifteen years but, doesn't know if he will or not but, that the time away now was worth it to know that they would have so much time together later.  I told her that I looked at completely differently.  WE ARE NOT GUARANTEED ANY TIME HERE ON EARTH.  I want my husband home while the kids are little.  I want him to experience their growing, learning, etc. WITH me.  Not twenty years from now when we both are old (if we live that long, that is) and our kids are gone with families of their own.
On another note I was at a Pampered Chef party the other night where the consultant there was talking about how when her husband retired from the railroad she thought she was going to kill him at first because he nearly drove her nuts, lol!  It was funny but, I didn't understand it.  They had been apart so much while he worked that they got used to not being together or didn't know what to do with themselves when they were together so much!?!? I don't know exactly what she meant as I am not her but, I do know that Jeremy and I seem to have a unique relationship amongst the married world.  Every day we get to see each other multiple times a day.  We have breakfast, lunch, and dinner together every day.  We know literally EVERYTHING about each other.  And when he leaves for work, he doesn't want to go and I beg him to stay, lol!!  And the thing is, I wouldn't have it any other way!  I LOVE being around him!!  We are soul mates and we will be together long after our kids are grown and have families of their own. 
I know this wouldn't work for many people.  It works for us though and keeps us happy and unified.  I remember when I was little my Dad worked for a trucking company.  He was not a trucker, he was the Director of Commerce, which meant he had to be on business trips A LOT.  I remember missing him terribly and then when he would get home after a week, I would run to the door when he came in screaming "DADDDDDYYYY" and I would attach myself to his leg!! BAhahaha!  He would always bring me a present too which was awesome!  But, what was even more awesome was when as a pre-teen, he retired from that job and started his own in-home business!  I loved having both my parents home all the time and available for my every whim!! :)  It was that type of home that I wanted for our kids when Jeremy and I got married.  And Jeremy, being the great man that he is, is doing his very best to make that happen.  He spoils me rotten and I love him for it!  I like to think that I spoil him too but, I will leave that for him to decide!! I love you Jeremy and I am thankful for all your love, hard work, dad skills, and every single breath you take!! MUAH!