I’ll preface this by letting you know this post is about my lovely wife, whom I celebrate 20 years of marriage with today. No offense if you don’t read it, so you have my permission to leave now.
Some people have asked me how she’s put up with me for so long. Easy…she’s the most compassionate, caring and giving person I know. I’ve given her a lot of opportunities to practice those things over the years and she’s become very skilled.
Seriously, I can’t believe that it’s been over 21 years since I first saw her. She looks exactly the same to me. She was beautiful then and she’s beautiful now. She has grown in her faith substantially and has become an awesome woman of God. She’s an example of the Proverbs 31 woman and her wisdom blows me away.
There is absolutely nobody else that I would rather spend time with; not for 1 minute, 1 hour or 1 day. Given the choice, I choose Sharon every time and I’m so grateful that she chose me. I’ll never forget the first date at Disneyland and the first time I held her hand. It’s been those hands that have held mine as we celebrated or faced challenges; when we cried tears of sorrow and tears of joy together.
Together we have 3 AWESOME KIDS, but they wouldn’t be nearly as awesome without her pouring into their lives exactly what God gave her for them.
20 years is a long time, but we weren’t shooting for 20 years; we just promised each other that we would be there for life. Well, I’m grateful that God has given us 20 years together so far and I’m looking forward to as many years as the Lord gives us. I can picture it now…walking into the Coco’s or iHop together for the early bird special, trying to beat the youngsters to dinner and then get home before we need to take our medicine. I don’t mind getting old, because I know we’ll be together and I’ll always be holding her hand.
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