My Husband Makes Me Laugh . . .

 “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life . . .” Ecclesiastes 9: 9

Every time I see a spider on the wall or empty the mop bucket, my husband makes me laugh.   Or select one of four beaters for my self-charging mixing Black and Decker “Gizmo” (the actual name of the device.)  My husband loves electric ‘gizmos’ of many kinds.  He is fascinated by the creative solutions to life’s little problems or ways to make onerous tasks easier.  Years ago while making French toast, I commented that I needed a new egg-beater because the beaters on mine were bent and the handle had fallen off making it unusable.   Soon after that simple observation, my husband presented my with the Black & Decker Gizmo which he thoughtfully mounted on the wall under the kitchen cupboard. 

 

I don’t like spiders in the house and have even been known to wake up screaming from spider nightmares;  which explains why my last birthday gift from my husband-- who spends considerable thought and time coming up with ways to make my life easier and more pleasant-- presented me with a spider vacuum. He was eager for me to open the gift, waiting anxiously for my reaction.  Who would have known such a thing even existed?   After taking it all in, all I could do was laugh.  It was SO like him-  trying to ease my fear of spiders- with cutting edge technology!  I hugged him  and thanked him for the gift.   He has given me flowers and jewelry.   But the gifts that truly come from his heart and show his love for me are re-chargeable battery operated.  Well- except for the bed fan.  It plugs in with an adapter.  

 A box was delivered by UPS one day.  “It’s a present for you,” he announced.   He saw it while perusing a magazine during a flight while travelling for work.  It is designed to blow air (at variable speeds) between the sheets to help ease the agony of constant hot flashes.  Anything he could do 

to ease my suffering would make him happy.  He makes me happy.

 

Which brings us to emptying the mop bucket.  His latest wonderful idea was to install an automatic towel dispenser over the utility sink in the laundry room.  It’s motion activated so every time I dump the mop water down the sink, wipe the counter, rinse the mud off the grandkids' shoes or clean the sink,  the towel dispenser notices my movement and growls out a length of paper towel---  which makes me laugh!  It makes me laugh and think of my ever thoughtful, problem-solving, electronic-gadget-loving husband.  

Other wives can keep the perfume, elegant lingerie, jewelry.  My husband did buy me  pearl necklaces (one black pearls and one white pearls) with matching earrings.  Pearls the size of marbles.  Much bigger than any pearls you’ve previously seen the ad touted, he told me.   He was concerned that after they arrived in the mail that I wouldn’t like them because they were flawed pearls.  (But look at the SIZE of those pearls!)   Anyway, my husband loves me; and I love him.  He makes me laugh.