Miranda Lambert turned 42 years old on Monday (Nov. 10), and in a social media post, her husband Brendan McLoughlin gushed over his favorite things about her.

McLoughlin called his wife "the most loving, talented and caring person I've ever met," but his biggest praise was for the "fearless" way she's embraced new challenges in the past year.

"You had said yesterday that you read something that really resonated with you: 'Don't be afraid to be a beginner,'" McLoughlin reflected.

That pretty much sums up Lambert's off-stage life during her 41st year. The singer has tried mounted shooting , learned to draw "folk art" chickens and even competed in a charity golf championship — as a novice golfer.

"You show me every day how fearless you are," her husband wrote in his birthday trib

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