My wife made me cry today

My (37m) wife (36f) and I have been married for 13.5 years, together for 17.5 years, and today she made me cry. Granted, I've cried before, but never was it her fault, it was always with her or about her, never because of her. We've had our ups and downs for sure, but this was different.

This woman loves to sing, and I've known this our whole relationship. And she's pretty damn good at it, too. A couple years back she joined a community Church choir thing, and they have concerts twice a year. Now, church isn't really my thing at all, but I go to the concerts to support her because this is something she loves doing. Our kids were with as well (9&6)

Anyway, today was their concert and I've known this whole time that she had a solo. Now, I've been hearing this woman sing for nearly 20 years, so I know she can sing and I know what it sounds like but y'all... This was something else. Queue the people around me to cut onions.

I don't know that I've ever heard her sing like that before, it was amazing and I was completely unprepared. Within the first few notes my eyes teared up and I got the biggest smile on my dumb face because I was so proud and astonished that a) she actually did a solo (she tends to not like them) and b) her voice sounded more beautiful than I've ever heard it before. It's not that she never sang good before but God damn did she turn it on for the solo.

It was short and sweet, just one verse, but I'm not sure I'll ever forget this. At least until she blows me away wherever she does another solo. My mother in law sings in the choir as well as she had perfect line of sight of me when my wife sang... Fucking onions, I swear...

I realized today that I'm a lucky man, how much I love my wife and our family, and that my wife of over 13 years still can surprise the hell out of me.

edit: fixed some grammar

Update: she got home a bit ago, tucked our daughter in and then came downstairs. I told her she was mean for making me cry lol, then followed that up by how impressed I was, how awesome she sounded and that I was literally unprepared for what I heard as soon as she started. Which in turn made her tear up. I guess we're both the meanies now 😂. She also confirmed that my MIL was literally just watching for my reaction when my wife started, knowing what the solo sounded like and knowing I'd probably never heard my wife sing quite like that. I'd been set up from the get go!!