::THIS MAN:: if you ever meet him, he'll shake your hand and remember your name forever.
::THIS MAN:: cannot walk past a March of Dimes or Salvation Army donation collector without giving five dollars.
::THIS MAN:: collects every grocery cart from our car to the entrance of the store and pushes them inside.
::THIS MAN:: knows his way around the internals of a computer, a combustion engine, and my heart equally well.
::THIS MAN:: can go from wheeling and dealing for work one minute to reading a book with silly voices to our boys the next, and then back again as necessary.
::THIS MAN:: always has cuts and scrapes and contusions on his hands and knuckles from one home project or another.
::THIS MAN:: has a 1000 watt smile and clear green/blue eyes.
::THIS MAN:: is loyal, forgiving, and hardworking to the core.
::THIS MAN:: can fix anything.
::THIS MAN:: is a staunch Republican who puts his faith in the ability and potential of the individual, not the government.
::THIS MAN:: knows how to have fun and has many life-long friendships that he values immensely.
::THIS MAN:: is my husband, and the father of our many little boys.