Wednesday, October 16, 2013

My John

How do I count the ways I love thee? These two pictures of you holding Kapaun and me holding Kapaun summarize our mutual shared loved and mission.  Our children.  You know I am crazy about you, but the love I have only multiplies after the births of each of our children.  My favorite hospital memories shared between us are the moment when the baby is born and how we look at each other and each day you come up to see me after having been at home helping with the other kids.  I am sure it is the grace of the moment, but I love seeing you walk around the curtain and how you smile at me.  I bask in the admiration and esteem you have for mothers and their work, but pridefully admit that I love that you shower me with that deep affection. 
You are so good to go over and over each child's birth with me.  I love that you remember the details about each child and I love how we compare each birth.  I love our mutual resolve to carry out the mission God has set before us with dependency upon God, our faith, and each other.  

I prayed many novenas and prayers my whole single life for you.  I asked God specifically for a St. Joseph.  I would be amiss if I didn't acknowledge the fine example your parents set for you. You have learned from the best.  You grew up watching both your grandfathers lovingly care for their wives.  You have watched each of them lead their families spiritually.  You were led by your own strong father.  How blessed we are from their sacrifices and generosity to love deeply and love eternally.
You do look incredibly handsome in your professional attire admiring your new son.  I have to say it.  It still makes my heart skip a beat. 


11 comments :

  1. Just love the newborn baby photos. Love your blog!

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  2. Watching my husband love our children always makes my love grow deeper. In the postpartum haze, it is one of the Graces from the Sacrament of Marriage I absolutely feel. I think it is so wonderful for you to share this with all of us, very inspiring!

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  3. How Beautiful!

    Our husbands and stories sound very similar. I also prayed many rosaries, prayers and novenas for my husband. I started praying for him when I was thirteen. I asked the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph to lovingly watch over him, to keep us both pure, and to one day bless us with many children. My prayers were heard. We will be married five years in December and are already pregnant for our fifth child!

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  4. What a beautiful tribute to your husband. I'm single, no kids, but I love your blog and reading about your love for your family.

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  5. Thank you, Lindsey, for sharing this beautiful tribute to your husband - and for giving this single gal the umph to keep hoping! Like you in your single years, I pray every day that God will, "send me a son of St. Joseph" and have prayed more novenas than I can count! Still, as I trudge through my 28th year, I find that what I hope for can't seem more impossible to come by - until I read your words. It gives me hope, but also strengthens my will to keep strong and not compromise on the values that make a marriage exactly what yours is. If you have any advice for what you would have done differently in your single years, or what you did to help you through them, I would be most grateful for the advice!

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  6. Praying for a St. Joseph...how beautiful. This blog is wonderful.

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  7. My husband didn't have a strong father example so he struggles to be our leader. I have hope that he will become everything the Lord wants for him. Your story is so inspiring!

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  8. My husband didn't have a strong father example so he struggles to be our leader. I have hope that he will become everything the Lord wants for him. Your story is so inspiring!

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