60 Ways I Love You

1. I love your hunger and desire for Jesus

2. I love your heart for others

3. I love your devotion to your family

4. I love your passion for God's Word

5. I love that you always seek to be a peacemaker

6. I love your smile

7. I LOVE your laugh

8. I love your outlook on life-it inspires me

9. I love that you are always positive

10. I love that you have every one's best interest at heart, no matter what.

11. I love your energy

12. I love how you always listen, even if it is the same thing over and over.

13. I love how you always take a stand for Jesus

14. I love the wisdom that Jesus has filled you with

15. I love that you are always encouraging us

16. I love how you have believe in us, even when others didn't or don't

17. I love how humble you are

18. I love your love for farm life and chickens (I share that passion with you)

19. I love how excited you get about your cows and ducks and warm sunny days.

20. I love that you can grow the best garden...EVER

21. I love the time we spend together at Christmas making divinity and how much we laugh while we are doing it and that one spoonful never makes the paper, always our mouths.

22. I love your kindness

23. I love that you are always giving up yourself and time for those in need.

24. I love that in 33 years of my life, you have never once complained.

25. I love how much you love daddy

26. I love the relationship you have with him, and you both taught and showed us the importance of having a godly marriage.

27. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way you love each of your grand babies.

28. I love how you make them each feel like they are special, important, smart, funny, and that they matter and have a purpose.

29. I love how you comfort us

30. I love how you always drop everything to come be with us, even if it is not the best time. You have always put us first.

31. I love your passion for prayer

32. I love how simple you are

33. I love how beautiful you are inside and out

34. I love that you always pull back the covers when we come home to snuggle.

35. I love how unbelievable patient you are.

36. I love how you love our husbands as though you birthed them yourself.

37. I love your ability to do whatever is needed in order to make it better for us.

38. I love how protective you are.

39. I love that you hold us accountable at all times

40. I love how good you always smell

41. I love that you were able to be a mommy and best friend all at the same time, without ever mixing the two.

42. I love your creativity

43. I love how you always prayed with us when our tummies hurt and how you and daddy would rotate shifts being with us at night.

44. I love that your main goal in life was that we spent eternity in heaven.

45. I love how you always open your home to those who don't have one

46. I love your strength

47. I love your concern for the lost

48. I love your homemade chicken noodle soup

49. I love that daddy is your best friend and favorite person ever

50. I love that you love putting puzzles together with me every Christmas

51. I love that we both love to be warm and sit by the fire.

52. I love how much I am like you

53. I love that every time I call you, you always answer, "Hi baby." and how good it makes me feel every time.

54. I love how you get me and understand me when I feel like no one else does.

55. I love how you stuck by me even when I made horrible decisions.

56. I love how you always disciplined us because you loved us and wanted nothing but the absolute best for us.

57. I love that when I look at you I see the most beautiful woman who has the cross etched within her.

58. I love that you are always honest and real. There has never been an ounce of fakeness within you.

59. I love that I get to spend forever and ever and ever with you in heaven

60. And finally, mama I love that Jesus chose YOU to be my mommy.

Happy Happy Birthday. May this day be filled with so much love your heart overflows.