California, US (BBN)-A Californian man made an unexpected and encouraging gesture for his depressed wife that has garnered over a million views and won the hearts of thousands.
Molly Murphy posted a picture of a list of 15 items titled 'Reasons I love my wife' written by her husband on their bedroom mirror after she came home from a trip to San Francisco, reports he Independent.
THE FULL LIST, PENNED BY TIM MURPHY, INCLUDES:
She is my best friend
She never quits on herself or me She gives me time to work on my crazy projects
She makes me laugh everyday
She is gorgeous
She accepts the crazy person I am
She's the kindest person I know
She's got a beautiful singing voice
She's gone to a strip club with me
She has experienced severe tragedy yet is the most optimistic person about humanity I know
She has been fully supportive about my career choices and followed me each time
Without realising it, she makes me want to do more for her than I have ever wanted to do for anyone
She's done an amazing job at advancing her career path
Small animals make her cry
She snorts when she laughs Tim, an engineer at game-building company PlayQ, intended to write over 100 items but Molly had come home early, according to her post on Imgur, an image-sharing site.
Molly, who can be seen crying in the left side of the picture, explained her depression in the post was stemming from many factors: "Trying to do well at work. Just got married. Couldn't afford a wedding. Family is sparse. Falling out with friends."
She continued: "But the thing is, amidst all the struggle, my husband has relentlessly tried to cheer me up. I'm not the easiest person to deal with.
"In fact, sometimes I've lost all hope and even taken my frustration out on my new husband. But somehow he forgives me every time.
"He knows I struggle to see good in the world, and especially the good in myself. But here it is. A testament and gesture of his love. Damn, I needed it today..."
Molly acknowledged her depression is not something that can be cured by "nice words on a mirror" but wants people to know kindness helps things get better.
Hundreds of Imgur users commenting on the image showed their support for the Murphys.
One user wrote: "Hang in there kid. You got yourself a good one."
Another Imgur user added to the list: "16. She gets emotional about gay swans", a reference to a list posted by another couple in November titled 'Reasons my wife is crying', which included "She found out swans can be gay and thought it was really nice".
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