I’ve often written about my life as a young boy and
teenager. It’s easy to wax nostalgic for
earlier days: no responsibilities, life was full of potential and dreams would
someday come true-or so I thought.
Instead, I matured into my late teens, went to college
and found myself alone, lonely and with no direction or purpose to my life.
And then it happened-I met HER! I still remember the
first time I saw her: long blond hair, a beautiful smile, a killer figure and the
sweetest personalities I had ever encountered in a woman.
I fell head-over-heels for her. I couldn’t stop thinking about her.
Uncharacteristically (women intimidated me) I approached
her and asked her for her phone number and if she’d like to go out sometime. Remarkably she gave me her number and said yes.
Two weeks later we went on our first date. We continued to date for almost a year until
I got the courage to ask her to marry me.
She said YES! We were married
about six months later.
It’s been 39 wonderful years and I love her more and more
each day.
She’s the love of my life and one of the most patient
women I know. She has to be to be married
to me.
While I’m the dreamer, she’s the realist. I tend to drift off in conversations and
into my own little world. She
pulls me back to reality-but never in a hateful way.
Oh, we’ve had our spats-mostly caused by me. She has to get after me about making messes, thinking about what
I’m doing, listening and keeping focused-something I think all men have in common.
I’m surprised (and delighted) she still puts up with
me. I can be a royal pain, when I want to
be. And still, she loves me.
In the Bible God says that a wife is a ‘good’ thing and
to be highly praised. She is precious
to me. As her husband I always place her wants and needs above my own. I would die for her.
Why God would allow me to have such a wonderful woman in
my life is beyond me. She’s everything I’m
not: frugal, patient, generous the list goes on and on.
As we’ve grown closer I find myself wanting to emulate
her strengths. I want to share her compassion
for others, her tender heart and most of all, her love of God.
I’ve got a way to go but with God’s grace and the love of
this incredible woman maybe I’ll make it someday.
Until then I’ll thank God everyday for her and pray that
we have many more wonderful years together.
I look forward to growing old together.