Dear Dave + April....A Tuesday Series.

In our marriage enrichment class at church on Sunday we talked a lot about positive communication versus pinpricking or criticizing each other. You know when you first fall in love with someone it's all about the wonderful things about that person. Somewhere down the line in marriage we start to see annoyances...little things we want to change about that person and slowly we forget the wonderful things that we fell in love with.

Our challenge this week was to write down the things that we love/admire/respect/appreciate about our spouse. The things we fell in love with. Focusing on the positive things because let's face it when we feel loved, when we feel appreciated, when we are told that we are doing a great job...it just makes us want to be better. So we took the challenge and wrote them in a little letter to each other. Here they are.

Dear Dave,
These are the things I love/admire/respect about you.
You are a hard worker and take your duty to provide for our family very seriously.
You want to teach our children to be hard workers.
You are honest and have integrity both in your business and personal life.
You want to make me happy.
You are always willing to serve when a need arises.
You get a warm fuzzy feeling from serving and want to talk about it.
You are sensitive.
You are fiercely loyal.
You are a bit of a rebel.
You have introduced me to so many new things...food & music being two things I enjoy more of now.
You support me and my wild dreams.
You can build anything for me.
You desire to have special relationships with your children.
You love to cook for our family.
You love to work side-by-side in the kitchen with me.
You always put me first.
You will work hard for us to be happy together.
You love ME.

Love, April

Dear Ape,
Here are the things that I love about you.
You are outgoing.
You are very caring.
You have many friends that you love.
You love to serve people with little fan fair .
You love rebels (see above).
You are not afraid to share who you are and what you believe in .
You are an awesome mom and very fair.
You like to work hard and finish projects, even at 2:00 in the morning.
You think about "us"
You get to the point.
You look at glass as half full .
You are CRAZY!!!!!
You believe in me and my dreams.
Your crazy sense of fashion.
You love our children.
You have the patience to let me talk through stuff.
Your always up for a road trip or any adventure.
You encourage me to do great things.
You are kind to all.
You will drop what you are doing at a moments notice to help any of your family.
You love date night.
I love you for all the things that you are.

Love, Dave

Now go surprise the love of your life with a list of all the things you love about them!