Viva le difference!

There are many times during marriage that I've thought Mr. Charming and I are definately a case of "opposites attract." We are oh-so-different in lots and lots of ways. I'll admit that there've been plenty of times, especially early in our marriage, when I wished he was more like me. Skip a few years and time has made me wiser. I genuinely appreciate his attention to detail and his methodical determination in seeing a project through to the end. His persnickety-ness has created a more beautiful, secure, efficient home for our family and, while I've certainly contributed, I know that the bulk of credit goes to him. We're beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel on yet-another-home-improvement-project (that's the way it is when you live in an old house, kids) and it's really incredible. I truly admire that he can come home from a long day at work and put on his painting clothes and go to work for the better part of the evening. One more coat of paint on the walls, moulding, re-paint trim, sand & re-paint door, and get carpet laid (come on - that's not bad!) and we can make one more check mark on the perpetual to-do list around here! I also love that he seems like he's no longer aggravated with me for not being like him. Just this past weekend, Mr. Charming thanked me for being a mom that puts her children first and for being the kind of mom that I am. It meant a lot - it was a huge validation of the time that it takes to run kids around and listen and guide and support and fix hair and find shoes and check homework and encourage and all those things that I love doing but at the end of the day, there's not a lot to show for what you've been doing all day. In short, I'm so glad for what makes me, me and for what makes him, him. I wouldn't have it any other way. Viva le difference!