My Best Friend

Ben has commented several times lately that the blog is only about Elaine, and never about him.  I have been wanting to write a post about him, but I needed just the right photo! 

I love Ben because…

• He’s my best friend, since April 28, 2006 when we started dating.  Probably since before that, but that is the date I remember.
• He didn’t kiss me until our wedding day, October 26, 2007.
• He’s patient, especially when I am stressing out.
• He is good with Elaine…even changing cloth diapers!
• He loves people, and thinks the best about them.
• He encourages me…in my music, in being frugal, in couponing, in selling Mary Kay, in using cloth diapers, and much more!
• He loves the Lord, and He leads our family in God’s Will.
• He wants to win the City for Christ!
• He understands the NYC subway system, so I don’t have to worry about it.
• He is cheap, except with me (well…sometimes with me).  It saves us a lot of money1
• He likes adventure.  Translation: Ben gets lost, and then he enjoys the challenge of getting un-lost.
• He studies his Bible in Greek & Hebrew to get the proper interpretation.  It takes a lot of time & work, but he loves it!
• He picks on me.  A lot.  I know it means he loves me!
• He puts up with my strange fetishes – cloth diapers, taking pictures of everything, checking the blog before bedtime, and scrapbooking.
• He knew I was a klutz and he married me anyway.
• He is a hard worker – willing to do more physical labor in NYC for half the money he was making in Va. Beach.
• He doesn’t complain easily, even when he has been working outside in the hot sun or the freezing rain all day long.
• He doesn’t care if the car is a mess.  I’m still getting used to that!
• He does things my way in the kitchen.

I love you Ben, and I’m so glad that God picked me to be your wife!

Love,

Andrea