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<\/p>\nI usually don’t blog about my husband, but this is my personal blog and I can do what I please so I want to take this opportunity to give my husband a little pat on the back.<\/p>\n
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Champ is turning 58 this week, and in a couple of months we’ll be married for 18 years. During that time, we’ve made it through a catastrophic illness, unemployment, and being broke…the same kinds of problems most other people have been through. We’ve had our ups and downs, and we’ve survived and thrived. I’ve only thought about killing him a couple of times.<\/p>\n
In the past 18 years, we’ve had our arguments like any married couple, but I have to hand it to him–never once in all that time has he stepped on any of my dreams. If I say I want to do something, his first question is “What do you need me to do?” I travel a lot teaching. If I said I was going to the moon tomorrow to teach a class, he’d say “Do you want me to put your suitcase in the car?” If I say I’m going to play music with my friends, he grabs my guitar and either comes along or stays at home, whichever suits me, and doesn’t complain about it, either way.<\/p>\n
I appreciate this all the more because Champ is my second husband…my first one (who doesn’t read my blog, I feel pretty sure, but I wish he’d see this one) was an abusive jerk who never supported anything I did. Bless his heart.<\/p>\n
I had to kiss a few frogs to get a prince. He’s not perfect, but neither am I.\u00a0 In fact, we’re pretty sure we stay together because no one else would put up with either one of us.<\/p>\n
Happy Birthday and thanks, Champ.<\/p>\n
xoxo<\/p>\n
The Evil One (and yes, that is his nickname for me).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I usually don’t blog about my husband, but this is my personal blog and I can do what I please so I want to take this opportunity to give my husband a little pat on the back. Champ is turning 58 this week, and in a couple of months we’ll be married for 18 years. … <\/p>\n