Biscuits and Gravy

“Therefore what God has joined, let no man separate.”–Mark 10:9

I clearly remember falling in love with my husband. It wasn’t butterflies and fairy tales like I imagined. Instead it was slow and steadfast. Each time I encountered him, he left me with a smile. Anytime we were together, it was like everyone else disappeared. The two of us were great acquaintances. Life happened and we each went our separate ways without ever formally dating. A year or so later we reconnected and picked up exactly where we left off. Again, no Hallmark romance, grand gestures, or goosebumps. Just a boy and a girl who could spend hours talking about anything or nothing all at the same time. I never had to impress him. As a matter of fact, he loved that I could wear a baseball cap instead of spending hours doing my hair, and that I would go anywhere with him on a moments notice. I loved that he was authentic and spontaneous. Without any warning, I had fallen in love with my best friend.

Here we are 23 years later, and I am still married to my best friend. Over the years, we have definitely had some trials, hardships, and momentarily doubts. We have also had an abundance of joy, laughter, fun, love, and a whole lot of life.

Our kids have always been avid breakfast lovers. Topping the list is biscuits and gravy. I can cook almost anything, including gravy from scratch, but my biscuits are always burnt or like hockey pucks. My husband can make a mean frozen pizza and delicious quesadillas. The only other thing in his cooking repertoire……biscuits. Beautiful, flaky, golden biscuits. It always frustrated me that he can make better biscuits that I can.  But he does, and he does it well. They are amazing all on their own, and my gravy could pass a taste test without adding any additional carbs.  Years ago, cooking breakfast we hear, “Mom’s gravy with Dad’s biscuits is the best.”  They were and are right.  The combination of what we each can do on our own blended into one dish is quite amazing.  We could easily do life on our own and make it all work. But together, we have something incredible that only works when we bring our best to the table.

I don’t need a Lifetime storyline to fall in love, and he doesn’t need a wife who can do everything perfect without any help. I need the best of him and he deserves the best of me. And together we make something beautiful.