This morning it was my turn to drive our son to school. At 8:15 a.m., I had him take himself and his backpack into my car. His backpack was packed up with his books, his supplies, his lunch, his snack, and his water. I didn’t do any of that. It was all my wife.
When we got to school, I looked back at him and realized that he did not have his jacket. I forgot to make sure that he was wearing his jacket. It’s really damn cold out, and that was incredibly irresponsible of me. If my wife drove him to school, he would have had his jacket.
When I got out of the shower this morning, I noticed that my wife had taken all of the sheets off our bed and was putting new sheets on. She was taking the used sheets and putting them in the laundry. If I’m going to be totally honest with you, I would likely wait until the sheets walked off on their own disgusting free will before I even thought of changing them. My wife does this, from what I understand, once or twice a week.
Our puppy came up to me wagging her tail and licking my face this morning as I got ready to bring my son to school and go to my office. Our puppy was already fed and walked.
I didn’t do any of that
At moments like that it occurs to me that she isn't a badass because she’s a woman
This isn’t an “all women are better than men” kind of article. In fact, I’ve watched enough episodes of Cops in my life to see that there are many women out there (and even more men) who are quite ridiculously just terrible.
No, my wife is a badass because she thinks of the little things that make us live our life without question.
She is a badass because she does this all without the credit that she deserves.
She is a badass because if I had to do what she did, I’d want someone to build a national monument in my name.
So I just want to take this moment to acknowledge…
Lara Beth, you can now quote your husband …
After a year of quarantining together, I've realized my wife is a complete and total badass.
