Oh actually I had been doing that as well. I don't talk too much about her looks because I know she's self-conscience about them. I think she looks hot, but she doesn't think so.
In fact, even before this stuff happened, if I complimented how beautiful, hot, sexy, whatever, she looked, she would just roll her eyes. I actually mentioned that in my email to her that I did not appreciate her dismissing my compliments in the past because I sincerely would mean them. I also asked her how she would like it if she complimented me and I rolled my eyes at them.
Aside from saying what a good mother/wife she is, I give her specifics. For example: "I appreciate how you got up early to fix the kids' lunches. You're a great mom." Something like that.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.