WHAT I LOVE ABOUT KEN:
50. That he considers 10 hours a short work day.
49. The way he explains the thermal coefficient of
steel over and over again ever so patiently, knowing I will only have a
marginal understanding at best.
48. The playful way he mocks my home town of Elmira, NY, as if we all popped off the set of Green Acres.
47. Although he cooks, cleans, launders, irons and
basically does anything domestic better than me, he does not let that interfere
with the delicate balance of nature in our home.
46. I know without question he would lay down his life for
Felicity and me… or at least sustain an injury from slipping on the casings...
45. His linear thinking to offset my nonlinear
freakfest of a brain.
44. His creative take on song lyrics:, without even realizing he is rewriting them (eg. KC & The Sunshine Band: "Do a little dance... sing a little song... get down tonight!)
43. That he knows EV.RY.THING.
42. His impression of Golom.
41. The way he chases Felicity around.
40. The way he chases the cat around.
39. The way he chases me around.
38. That he not only knows Scripture, he lives it
out.
37. When he tells me “you’re seldom wrong, but never without an answer!”
36. That he is the machine whisperer.
35. No one on earth laughs like him.
34. His first face-to-face words to me: "You’re pretty. Cool.”
33. His guitar stylings.
32. His Lou Rawls impression.
31. His ear splitting cadence calls.
30. That he is the only person I know who not
only thinks to create zoned heating for the house, but actually
knows how to do it… and does it!
29. The way he cares for us in thousands of
decisions he makes every day, week, month and year to put us first.
28. That wherever he goes, he is the smartest
person in the room, and everyone, deep in their heart, knows it.
27. His secret love of pop culture.
26. How he is the best example of a Clockmaker I
know (which will only make sense if you are familiar with Jim Collins' "Good to Great" book)
25. His extreme generosity.
24. How he loves to learn.
23. Two words:
Handsome Warrior
22. His beautiful green eyes, boring a hole into
my soul like the 80 year old picture of his Aunt Imelda hanging on our wall
21. How he honors his mother, and cares for her.
20. His faithfulness to our family.
19. How on our honeymoon he knew more about the
Mayans than our Mexican tourguides.
18. The way he tries to teach me proper radio
listening etiquette when NPR is on and I can’t contain myself one second longer
without responding to the airwaves with incredulity.
17. How he loves his brothers.
16. His freakishly intense tenacity.
15. How he gave my mother a hug and told her “You
did a good job” after coming back from my father’s funeral.
14. That he let me pick out the kitchen cabinet
handles.
13. That he still occasionally says “Nancy is
nice!”
12. That he could care less about football.
11. How he
calls me his "Testa Rosa"
10. That he has not only won me over to Star
Trek, but occasionally PBS
9. The
way he knew about Ruth and Boaz when we were Eharmonizing
8.
That he is not just knowledgeable, but possesses great wisdom.
7. His
love of blowing things up.
6. The
way he sings. It brings me joy.
5. That
anything he does, he does extremely, thoroughly and freakishly well.
4. That he is so glad he married a rich woman
;^)
3. That everyone who knows him knows him to be a
man of honor, integrity, faithfulness and sheer brilliance.
2. That he loves me… and Felicity.
1. That he loves the Lord with all his heart,
soul, mind, and strength.
(ok, so the last 2 were in proper order!)
(ok, so the last 2 were in proper order!)
I love you, Ken Carmichael,
with all my heart.
Remember, darling: Life is short. So we must live.
1 comment:
and he makes a mean clay Dubya.
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