I am the NY Frugal Family Examiner. Currently, my family consists of three kids and two adults. In honor of Valentine's Day, I wrote a post about why I love my husband. An excerpt is below. See if you can guess which part pertains to NY Frugal Family:
Prior to marrying my husband, I published four romance novels, two Regencies and two contemporaries, with AVON and DELL.
Since marrying my husband, I have published figure skating murder mysteries, non-fiction, and women’s fiction. But, no more romances.
My husband’s theory is that, since meeting him, no fantasy hero conjured from my imagination could live up to the comparison.
He’s right. But, not in the way he thinks.
He’s right that, since meeting him, I've had a much harder time coming up with fictional, romantic heroes.
Because, since meeting him, my opinion of what makes a romantic hero has completely changed.
My first contemporary romance, “Annie’s Wild Ride,” sported a military hero, an Air Force pilot of the strong and silent variety.
Now, shooting enemy planes out of the sky is pretty neat in theory. But, you know what else is neat? Men who clean up kid vomit. (I have a very enthusiastic gag reflex.)
And spend the night sleeping on a blanket on the floor at the bedside of a coughing child because they're afraid he’ll start choking and we won't hear it. Who do the laundry and scour the circulars for bargains and then stop off at the grocery store on the way home from work to pick up the best sale items before they're all gone...
Okay, so that was kind of obvious. But, there's also more! Check out the complete piece at: http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/romantic-heroes-post-marriage/
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