My Knight in Shining Armor

     Did you know that husbands are even more romantic after you are married?


     So often the pretty, little stories stop at the wedding day.  But it actually gets even better after that.  And I have a story from this week to prove it.

     I was at the grocery store, getting ready to purchase a very large shopping-cart-full of food for the next 2 weeks.  And my debit card was declined.

     I've never had my card declined before.  And thus began a long (1 1/2 hour) drama of phone calls to the bank and the Grocery Store fraud detection system, driving home for other payment methods (which also didn't work), and countless other harrowing details...all while my cart with its vegetables and frozen foods sat waiting patiently for me to take it home.

     When I had exhausted every possible method and pursued every possible channel, I was left with a string of hopeless store clerks and a basket of groceries that I still needed to purchase somehow.  In my moment of despair, I remembered that my husband must have just gotten off work by that time.

    I called him.

    He answered promptly.  His voice was calm and reassuring.  No judgment.  No interrogation.  Just a "no problem, baby, I'll be right there!  I'm leaving now.  I'll see you in a few minutes.  Don't even worry about it."

     I took refuge in my car in front of the store -- a place where I could shed my tears of frustration and relief into the security of my steering wheel cover without evoking curious stares.  And, due to my covert position, I saw him when he pulled up and got out of his car.

     Don't judge my next words because I honestly think every married woman should think about her own husband like this -- he was totally swoon-worthy.  He went striding into that store with purpose in his steps.  His head was high.  His shoulders were back.  He was ready to rescue me, no matter what that took.  And I was SO proud of him... and so grateful for him.

     I jumped out of my car and caught up with him.  We went into the store, he bought the groceries, he helped me load them into my car, and, when we got home, he helped me unload them and put them away.

    And I ended the day quite certain that Knights in Shining Armor still exist in the most poetic sense of the word.

     I think men (and boys in training) should learn to do things like this.  And I think women (and girls in training) should learn to appreciate them.  And I think that both men and women should know that marriage is a unity, a partnership, an example of God's love, and an absolutely wonderful thing.

     And it keeps getting better.

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