50 Reasons I Love Travalon

Today Travalon turns 50. I can’t think of a clever poem to write, so instead I’ll write 50 reasons I love him:

1. His smile
2. His blue eyes
3. His generosity
4. His kindness
5. The dinners he cooks for me
6. The road trips he takes me on
7. The secret places all over the state that he shows me
8.  His love of nature
9. His love of history
10. His love of animals
11. Because he always changes the rabbit’s cage
12. The clever things he says
13. Because he lets me change the radio station to my favorite shows
14. Because he goes swimming with me even after a long day at work
15. His work ethic
16. His good nature
17. Because he shares the sheets with me
18. Because he reads my silly blog
19. And because he even comments on it
20. And because he even started one of his own
21. His sense of adventure
22. His love of good food and drink
23. His curiosity about the world
24. Because he understands that I need “girlfriend time”
25. Because he likes my friends
26. His masculinity, strong but not overbearing
27. His love of the Packers
28. His sense of wonder
29. His love of music, even when our tastes don’t intersect
30. His imitation of Julie Andrews
31. His imitation of Tom Petty
32. His love of water
33. His funny texts
34. His amazing gift-giving abilities
35. His Anglophile tendencies
36. His sense of humor about life
37. His love of basketball, which I’m beginning to share
38. How much he has to teach me about sports
39. How much he has to teach me about Wisconsin
40. His interest in staying active
41. His decorating skills, e.g., with his Man Cave
42. Because he doesn’t get on my case for my lack of domestic skills
43. Because he vacuums and sweeps the floors
44. Because he would be the best dad ever
45. Because he is the most devoted son ever
46. His love of travel
47. His willingness to eat broccoli
48. Because he tolerates all my plants
49. Because he usually does the grocery shopping
50. Because he believes in God and goes to church with me

That one is last, but not least, by any means. This is not a complete list, but just the first fifty things that popped into my head.

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