The Soapbox
Posted 22 May 2000

Why I Love My Wife

As most of the loyal readers of this column are aware, today (May 22) is the first anniversary of my wedding to Sharon Brown in Concord, Massachusetts.  This has been both a trying and a wonderful year.  Among the most trying things were my six week trip to Uzbekistan without her and the last three weeks of each semester (Hmmm, I seem to be the source of the problems - something to work on in coming years).  On the wonderful side of the ledger are the reasons why I love my wife:

I love my wife because she really wanted to elope, but she went through with a big wedding anyway.

I love my wife for the nine minutes we hold on to each other each morning before her snooze alarm goes off.

I love my wife for being as strange as I am, but in a different way.

I love my wife for putting me through graduate school.

I love my wife because she's a 'pistol,' according to the woman at the inaugural ball.

I love my wife for always wearing jeans.

I love my wife for when she doesn't wear jeans.

I love my wife because she grounds me in a non-political reality.

I love my wife because I see our future together, and it's perfect.

I love my wife because she never gets lost.

I love my wife for over-tipping.

I love my wife for moving to Boston with me.

I love my wife because I can't fathom the thought of not having someone here to share good news with.

I love my wife because I can't fathom the thought of not having someone here to share bad news with.

I love my wife for making the 'bitter wine face' at our wedding.

I love my wife because she said yes.

I love my wife because she laughed first.

I love my wife for her "What if?" questions.

I love my wife for calming me down when I have nightmares about snakes.

I love my wife for reading through the first three chapters of my thesis and turning them into a smut novel.

I love my wife because she's always supportive, whether she realizes it or not.

I love my wife because she's a much better person than I.

I love my wife because her biological clock ticks every time we see a baby.

I love my wife because she's a bouncy DCWF (Disney Character Without Fur)..

I love my wife for letting me take her to Schindler's List on our first date.

I love my wife because she doesn't mind me free-associating when I write.

I love my wife because she puts up with my attempts to cook.

I love my wife because she loves me.

I love my wife because she made me the luckiest person in the world a year ago today.

I love my wife because she's done it for each of the 366 days since then.


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