50 Reasons to be Grateful for Your Husband

By Fawn Weaver on Wednesday, November 20, 2013

50 Reasons to be Grateful for Your Husband

I cannot believe Thanksgiving is already upon us.  Is it just me or did this year fly by faster than the road runner?  

Like many, Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays.

For one, Keith and I are royally spoiled by his mother who prepares a feast for more than 60 people – his side of the family and mine.  

Three rotisserie turkeys (Keith actually makes these), three oven baked turkeys, two homemade carmelized hams, beef brisket – and that’s just the meats.  We won’t even begin to talk about the side dishes and desserts (which last year topped a whopping 20).

My mom-in-love enjoys cooking for Thanksgiving like I enjoy sleeping in the day after.  And although I don’t join her for the cooking festivities, I fully get into the spirit of the holiday – the real meaning of it…gratitude.

If I were to begin a list right now of all the things I’m grateful for from this past year, I would still be writing come this time tomorrow.  

Following a lunch meeting today at this fabulous restaurant in Venice called The Gratitude Cafe, one of the participants said, “Okay, before we leave, we have to answer the question written on all of the plates here.  What are you grateful for?”  

I paused to think for a moment and before I could give my response, Sosie (who was there with her handsome husband and business partner) blurted, “Our husbands!”

Yes, our husbands.

When I think of my husband, and the amazing man he is, I can easily come up with 50 reasons I am grateful for him.  But really, how would that benefit you?  Not to mention, by the time I got to the end of my list, who would believe me anyway?  (Keith is pretty amazing, you know?)

So here’s what I’d love for us to do between now and Thanksgiving.  Each day, take time to write 7 reasons you’re grateful for your husband.  In seven days, you would have written 49 reasons.  Then on the eighth day, Thanksgiving, write one more reason you are grateful for that wonderful man of yours.

Of course, he’s flawed.  Aren’t we all?  But taking the time to focus on all the reasons you have to be grateful, and specifically for him, you’ll be reminded daily of how fortunate you are…to be loved by him.

I’m going to start my list here to get our “grateful juices” flowing.  Then, I trust, you’ll finish this list for yourself:

1. I am grateful to have a teammate in this lifetime.  ”There is no ‘i’ in ‘we’” may be a cliche for some, but for my husband that is his only way of life.

2. I am grateful for his humility.  I learn from him every day.

3. I am grateful for him completely stepping out of his comfort zone and writing this awesome blog post on Monday (his first time ever!): Happy Husbands Club.  

4. Not only did he write that post challenging us all to do one special thing every day this week for our spouse, he did it.  The first day, I went to my car to leave for an appointment only to find that he’d taken it out first thing in the morning and filled up the gas tank.  On the second day, he cleaned our entire place before heading to work.  Today is day three so I can’t wait until he comes home so I can see what today’s “special” thing will be.

5. I am grateful that he chose me.  He’s quite a catch and any woman in the world would have been lucky to have and to hold.  But he chose me…until the end of time.

Take out your pen and pad and let’s get to writing.  And on Thanksgiving when you’re going around the table saying all the things you’re grateful for, you can say a few of the items on the list and then hand him the note (so no one gets mad at you for holding up the meal).

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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Fawn Weaver is the USA Today® and New York Times® bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 900,000 women in over 110 countries around the world. When she’s not blogging or working on her next project, she's happily doting over her husband of nearly eleven years, Keith.

 

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  • Amanda Naugle

    I plan on taking this challenge! So funny, I just posted on my FB a specific reason I’m thankful for my hubby. Thank you for this, excited!! May you and yours have a beautiful Thanksgiving season, we are truly blessed!:)

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Yes, we are truly blessed indeed!! The same to you and yours, Amanda :) .

  • 1happygirl

    Fawn ~ thank you so much for sharing daily with us. I look forward to seeing the uplifting and positive posts on my Facebook feed each day. I am proud to say God has blessed me with an amazing husband who is not perfect, but perfect for me! Two years ago, we were in a totally different place in our marriage. Thankfully, God allowed us to grow closer from the rough patch. Today, we are stronger and happier than ever. Happiness can exist. It is a choice. And, I truly appreciate you sharing and spreading the positive aspect and truth of exactly that. Light spreads more light. May God continue to bless you and your husband and use your marriage to spread hope to others.

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Thank you so much! It sounds like the past couple of years you’ve made some really great choices. Always grateful to read stories like yours. They are inspiring and encouraging to so many. So happy you never lost the faith.

  • Carmen Martinez

    This is great I love your site and enjoyed reading this I am going to do this everyday because he is an amazing man and I love him so. Be blessed this Thanksgiving.

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      You too, Carmen! Thank you so much.

  • OneMommy

    What a beautiful idea. Getting my pen and starting today!

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Awesome!

  • http://intentionaltoday.com/ Ngina Otiende

    Great thoughts Fawn. I’ve been journaling ‘why I love my hubby list’ on a weekly basis. This is another great idea for the holiday! Thanks!

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Yeah!!

    • Contessa Fish-Mendoza

      Hi Ngina, I too have a book o thanks for my husband where I write down all the reasons I love and adore him. It’s nice to see other women doing the same. :) . It is a great way to remind ourselves how lucky we are to have wonderful men in our lives. I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving.

  • Brenda

    This is a great idea I am going to try it! As wives we take our husbands for granted too many times. Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Have a fantastic Thanksgiving, Brenda!

  • Crystal Peterson

    I am starting this challenge today!! Thank you for creating it. Can’t wait to give him my entire list of my gratefulness for him on Thanksgiving. God bless you and yours Fawn.

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Awesome!! He’s going to love it. <3

  • http://loveofromance.com/ Brela Delahoussaye

    I love this Fawn! I can’t wait to give my husband this list on Thanksgiving and see his beautiful smile! Thanks for this awesome idea!

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Yeah!! Make sure to come back and post a comment after you give it to him to let us know what he thought :) .

  • http://loveofromance.com/ Brela Delahoussaye

    I most definitely will! Have a great weekend and holiday!

  • Contessa Fish-Mendoza

    When I first met my husband I was blown away by how many things I absolutely loved about him. I could not believe that God gave me a man that not only met my expectations, but blew them away. I started writing a thankful book and listed all the things that I loved, adored, and was thankful about him. I included the smallest to the largest things that stirred the butterflies in my stomach. Whenever I have a moment of selfishness or discontent, I pull out that book and read all the amazing reasons to appreciate the man I was blessed to wed. It really pulls me back to reality and my perspective is one of admiration and appreciation once again. Thank you for reminding me to never stop writing in my book of thanks because we have a lifetime to experience together and everyday I find more reasons to be thankful for my other half, my better half, my wonderful and amazing husband.

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Thank you for your kind note that encourages us more than you know!

  • Heavenlyurs Kennedy

    I am so excited to have join this group of woman who Love love love there husbands!:) I am excited to take this challenge. We are so Blessed to have each other and i have to remind myself every day on how lucky i am to have my husband ( Joshua ) Thank you so much for this website and i look forward to more of your Blogs! Have a Blessed one:)

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      What a beautiful family you have! And we’re so excited to have you (someone who loves, loves, loves her husband) to join us :) .

  • Patricia

    I started this tonight! What a great idea. My husband and I are newlyweds (11/3/13), but I plan to do things like this for him for the rest of our lives, not just in this exciting beginning phase. I think it will keep our love strong throughout the years. Thanks for your posts and for giving me a place to go where I can see that I’m not the only one completely in love with my husband!

    • http://www.happywivesclub.com/ Fawn @ Happy Wives Club

      Congratulations, Patricia! Yes, come here every time you want encouragement and rest assured there are hundreds of thousands of wives just like you all around the world who love and adore our hubbies and are building marriages to last a lifetime.

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