Happy Birthday, Matt

This guy. Matt. International man of mystery.

A lot of you have asked me about him. Well, you’re neither the only nor the first to do that.Ā  When Grace was a baby, she went to daycare the 3 days a week I worked. After about 6 months one of the teachers confided that some of the staff suspected that I had made up my husband. She was dead serious.

So … whoever of you have wondered if he exists – you’re in good company. The truth is, I just have carved out a little tiny part of my life to be – shocker – private. I imagine you can all understand. Don’t worry – he’ll be in the book. šŸ™‚

Anyway, Matt has a birthday this weekend. A milestone one. And so I thought it was high time to bring him out of the wings, show you all that he exists, and to say a public Happy Birthday to my dear husband. A happy birthday:

To the man who married me in a thunderstorm so violent we had to pause during our vows (could not speak over the thunder).
To the man who has never met a ski slope that he couldn’t ski elegantly down.
To the man who reads textbook-style history books for fun.
To the man who works long and hard and who flies around the world for our family.
To the man whose face I see in Whit every single day.
To the man who summited Kilimanjaro with me just months after we had met.
To the man who canceled our first date the day after meeting me at a cocktail party (not smooth, buddy, not smooth).
To the man who makes a mean latte and has never forced me to learn how to do it myself (learned helplessness, that one).
To the man who steadfastly tolerates my mood swings and melancholy leanings, patiently waiting for me to come to my senses.

To the man who gave me these two treasures.
Happy birthday.
I’m amazed.

16 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Matt”

  1. I will admit to my own curiousness about Matt, but never had the gumption to ask. (Because, really, it’s none of my business.) But I’m happy to learn that his absence on this blog is a reflection of your desire for privacy in your marriage and nothing else. Happy Birthday to Matt, international (and cyberspace) man of mystery!

  2. Happy Birthday to Matt and congrats to both of you for keeping part of your lives just for the two of you.

    I am glad I am not the only one who has a “mystery husband”!

  3. I mean to ask you about him last Saturday šŸ™‚
    This was so sweet, and love the tidbits that we learned from your birthday tribute!
    Happy Birthday to your Matt
    (and love the squinting picture, you can so see the resemblance!)

  4. Happy bday to your man! (And I thought you were a single mama all this time…)

    Two guys in my family celebrate this month, too, including my husband. May is a fine month, I think.

  5. He sounds great and you sound wonderful together. This is a good birthday season (my son, Nate, is sixteen today), so from one b-day household to another we send All Good Wishes to Matt!

  6. What a beautiful family you have! I was away on vacation last week and took a hiatus from all blogs. So happy to come back and catch up! Love your posts and can’t wait to read Life After Yes (and hopefully soon you will have a book for us to read!).

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