This Year's Thankful Letter

This year's thankful letter to the husband is just a bit different as I've been reflecting on the almost 12 years of marriage and 15 years of being a couple.

Fifteen years.  Wow.

As a young (ish) couple, I am so incredibly proud of us that we've made it to this milestone.  Seriously.  It's amazing and we're amazing and I'm just so damn proud of us.  So in honor of this special milestone and our upcoming 12th wedding anniversary- I have this to say to the husband.



Dearest Husband,

Another year has passed and you're still standing here by my side.  I am so blessed and thankful to have you here with me.

I am thankful for our love, for our marriage and for 15 years of togetherness.

I am thankful that you are your true self with me.  That you open up to me and show me who you really are underneath all that beard and bravado.

I am thankful for 15 years of friendship.  It hasn't always been easy but I have always had you as my best friend.

I am thankful for your sweet kisses and imposing hugs.  No one feels as good as you do.

I am thankful that even in difficult times, you are able to express your love for me.  I have never doubted your love in these past 15 years and that is a rare gift indeed.

I am thankful that I have you to cry with when life gets hard and the sadness hits.

I am thankful for your fidelity and faithfulness.  You've shown me that men of honor do exist.

I am thankful to be valued and respected as your wife.  To be treated as your partner and equal.

Most of all husband- I am thankful to be loved by you.  I am so very honored to live this life with you and cannot express how blessed I feel to have spent the last 15 years loving you.

To the next 15 years.  I love you.

Your Wife.


Want to read the previous thankful letters?

• A Letter of Thanks to My Husband
• Another Letter of Thanks

Another Letter of Thanks To The Husband

Husband,

I am SO very thankful for you.

You are the backbone that holds up this family.  I am thankful for your hard work and your dependability.

I am thankful for your amazing support.  For encouraging me to grow, for offering to help me and for always being by my side.

Thank you for being a wonderful Father to our Son.  For showing him what it means to be a real man, for teaching him to love, for being his Hero.

I am thankful for your diligence in reaching the difficult people in our lives.  For stepping back and acknowledging the hurt but continuing to try and reach them even though they aren't listening.

I am thankful for your giving and kind heart.  For your desire to help those in need and to teach our son what it means to give a helping hand.  For your loyalty to your sick Dad and for teaching our son what "family" means.

Thank you for the way that you love me.  Deeply, insanely and all consuming.   I am thankful for your worry, your truth, thankful for your passion and for your partnership.

I am thankful for your willingness to do better.  To strive for more and to make changes when needed.

I am thankful for how you love our puppies and the care you show all living animals.

I am thankful for your smart head and mechanical aptitude.  I am thankful for your street smarts and your tough exterior.

I am thankful that only I know the real you.  That I am the one you count on, the one you lean on, the one you are your true self with.  Others see the persona you've created but have no idea who you really are- but I know.

But most importantly husband, I am thankful to be loved by you and to love you in return.

I am so very thankful for you.

I love you,
The Wife



Check out last year's Letter of Thanks and don't forget to write one of your own.  Thanksgiving is a great time to tell the people in your lives how thankful you are for them.