Therefore, I present to you: 27 reasons why Beau is a new favorite:
1.) He remembers details (my favorite coffee drink, my favorite snack, the names of my friends, conversations, offhand remarks, etc.)
2.) He likes art (like me), likes to journal (like me), likes adventures (like me), and likes walks (like me). Also, he likes ME. Which is likable.
3.) He knows how to sing perfect harmonies along with rocking songs on the stereo.
4.) He sings his own rocking songs that play on the stereo.
5.) He knows just about every film director out there and can discuss the merits or pitfalls of any given movie at length. Which I think is cool.
6.) He's patient with me feeling scared, or apprehensive, or emotional.
7.) He uses correct grammar, spelling, and demonstrates an excellent grasp of effective vocabulary use-- even in text messages!! Observe a message sent from him in August: "He makes fun of my frumpiness & lambasts me b/c my coffee-making skills aren't much to speak of, & I resort to pithy remarks about his mother. He usually wins." Grammar and vocab might seem trivial, but to this future-English-teacher... Good writing is just damn sexy.
8.) He sends me text messages like the one written above. In reference to conversing with squirrels.
9.) He's great to pray with.
10.) He's great to be goofy with.
11.) He's great to get deep with.
12.) He can do hand stands for a long time.
13.) He can discuss theology at length and expound on different theories, theologians, and historical contexts.
14.) He's generous-- both with his words and actions, but also with how he takes care of me and other important people in his life.
15.) He's the type of guy that leaves notes in a hidden place for me to find later, or that will send me real letters in the mail, or that will secretly pay my parking ticket, or that will send me flowers, or that will pick me up and carry me to my room and sit me down in my desk chair so that I can finish grading papers, while he cleans up dinner. He's the type of guy that puts together a care package of my favorite combination of Essential Baking crackers, goat cheese, and rhubarb-spread along with my favorite coffee drink, and drops it off at my student-teaching school as one last "How 'bout I take care of you?" gesture on the morning he leaves to fly back from Seattle to California.
16.) He gives me thoughtful compliments, ALL the time.
17.) He can run a marathon in just over 3 hours without even training for it.
18.) He makes great mix cds.
19.) He's close with his family and considerate towards his sisters and parents.
20.) He's encouraging and wise.
21.) He's rock solid in his faith, but can easily talk about it with someone who differs in opinion in a way that is free of judgement, hyperbole, or self-righteousness.
22.) He's humble, and doesn't take himself too seriously.
23.) He's honest; he's SO, SO honest-- which is one of the biggest deal things for me.
24.) He listens. He listens GREAT.
25.) He cracks me up.
26.) He's super creative, and will send me emails with these kinds of attachments:
And the 27th reason for why Beau is awesome? Besides him being handsome, and smart, and considerate, and romantic, and a good friend to his guy friends, and a good friend to me, and being encouraging, and cool, and funny, and wonderful?
27.) He's mine.
Happy birthday Beau. :)
