TO MY HUSBAND

AS I DROVE TO WORK THIS MORNING I WAS SUDDENLY COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE. I SAID PRAYERS OF THANKS THAT I NOT ONLY AM WHERE I KNOW I SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT I'M EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO BE TOO.

NATURALLY, THE FIRST ITEM ON MY LIST OF THANK YOU'S WAS MY DEAR, SWEET, HUSBAND BJ.

 I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF GOOD, HONORABLE MEN IN THE WORLD IS CONTINUALLY DWINDLING- I'M SAYING THIS IN SPITE OF THAT. BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD MATCH UP MY HUSBAND AGAINST SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST- HISTORY INCLUDED, AND I'D STILL BE A LUCKY SON-OF-A-GUN THAT HE CHOSE ME.

I AGREE WITH WHAT MY DAD SAYS, THAT "BJ IS GOOD TO THE BONE."

BJ'S DAD, KIM, TOLD ME BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED A STORY THAT HE THOUGHT PERFECTLY SUMMED UP BJ'S CHARACTER. HE TOLD OF THE MANY TIMES THAT BJ WOULD RUN UP TO HIM AND SAY, "DAD, DANI BREE JUST HIT ME." KIM'S RESPONSE WOULD ALWAYS BE, "WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUST HIT HER BACK?" TO WHICH BJ WOULD INEVITABLY REPLY, "I CAN'T HIT MY SISTER!" ALTHOUGH DANI BREE BEGS TO DIFFER THE FACT THAT BJ DID HIT HER A TIME OR TWO, THIS PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES BJ'S BEING "GOOD TO THE BONE."

BJ LOVES HIS MOM, AND OH HOW SHE LOVES HIM. JALAYNE HAS TALKED TO ME BEFORE ABOUT THINGS SHE DID FOR HER KIDS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG IN HOPES OF CLAIMING A PERMANENT SOFT SPOT IN THEIR HEARTS. HER METHODS WORKED. BJ ADORES HIS MOTHER.

BJ LOVES KIDS. I KNOW HE WILL BE A FANTASTIC FATHER. I'M PREPARING MYSELF NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME I SEE HIM WITH OUR LITTLE ELLIE LAYNE. MY HEART IS SURE TO MELT.

THE BEST THING ABOUT MY HUSBAND THOUGH IS THE WAY THAT HE LOVES ME. I COULDN'T BE LUCKIER. AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT I COULN'T LOVE HIM MORE- AND YET, EACH DAY, EACH WEEK, EACH MONTH, EACH YEAR I'M WRONG.