Friday, December 19, 2014

Love Actually

Last night was one of my favorite times of the Christmas season.  Take the kids to pick out the over priced real Christmas tree Eric insists on having?  Check!  Take the kids to pick out their annual ornament. Check!  Take the kids to see the light show.  Check!!  But the one “Mama only” tradition happens when the kids are in bed and my sweet Eric is out late….pop the popcorn, pour the glass(es) of box wine and watch “Love Actually.”  My favorite movie of all time, but for some reason I only watch it at Christmastime.



You see this handsome guy in the picture above.  He is the best thing that ever happened to me.  Yea.  Yea.  I know sappy.  But really I have the best, most supportive husband in the world.

We are complete opposites.  It is easy to look at the two of us on the surface and see how different we are. When we met we were in college at University of Tennessee.  He was a good old redneck from West Tennessee and I was a city girl who had never been further west than Nashville.  Before we started dating, I am ashamed to say that I had only been to a hand full of football games in my whole life.  Eric had probably only missed a hand full of games in his lifetime.  He prefers to wear a good broken in t-shirt with some camo.  I am perpetually accused of being over dressed.  He drives a big, manly black truck.  While I drive spiffy, red SUV with stick figures on the side.  (annoying I know, but I worked hard for those miniature stick figures!!)

Now that we are married, we are unusual in that we only watch TV together at night.  There is no parting of ways at night for me to watch “Dancing with the Stars” and he to watch SportsCenter.  We always watch shows that we will enjoy together.  We have a chair and a half that fits us perfectly.  We always pick a show that we both will agree upon and snuggle … 24, Blue Blood, Hawaii 5-0, Blacklist.  I love that we spend our night relaxing together and would not change a thing.

All that being said, oh my, am I so grateful for a night of my Rom-Com??   I LOVE “Love Acutally!”  I love the humor.    I love the British accent.  I love Hugh Grant.  I love the huge romance.  The prime minister goes all down the “dodgy” parts of London to find his Natalie.  Jamie learns Portuguese to woe Auerelia.  I love that Mark goes out of his way to make the wedding special for his love knowing he can never have her.

Eric actually surprised me and came home a little early so he watched the last part of the movie with me.  He laughed and enjoyed it.   So often we watch movies and read books and over romanticize life.  I was reminded what “Love Actually” really is….

·      A man that came home early from a party to watch a cheesy movie with me….

·      A man that loved me through all the hundreds of shots, tears, and pain of infertility….

·      A man that sleeps on a pleather pullout couch for 84 days of my bed rest in the hospital because he doesn’t want me to be alone…..

·      A man that stops and buys me a Sonic Diet Coke every time he passes one because he knows I like them best...

·      A man who isn’t entirely comfortable with expressing his feelings.  However, when I tell him that I want to write a book, he not only supports me but WRITES A WHOLE CHAPTER FROM THE MALE POINT OF VIEW!

That is right!  Eric, my very private husband wrote an entire chapter about his experience with infertility.  Reading his words brought me to tears.  I never knew how infertility affected him until I read his thoughtful words.  Getting a glimpse into his heart was worth writing the book in itself even if I never sold a single book.  

I strongly encourage anyone that is dealing with infertility to read what he has to say.  It will really help you understand what your spouse is thinking and feeling.  Then when you are done, you can let him read it so he can better understand how you are feeling!!! ;)

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And just to brighten your day….. a little Hugh…..

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