I’m not really known as a sentimental person. I wear my emotions (and my thoughts) out on my sleeves for certain but sentimentality is really for people who live outside of the present and it cannot be said that I fall into that category. There have been times though, when I’ve taken stock of the people who have been placed in my path and appreciated what those people have meant to me. This has happened increasingly over the time that I’ve been geographically separated from the family and I’ve gotten more time to sit and be quiet (yes I have, shut up).
Anyway, Debbie and I had several great conversations today over all three of our favorite communication medium (e-mail, text, and phone). Tonight, as I hung up the phone from an all-to-short conversation with her, I realized just how truly blessed I am to have her in my life. There were many of you who commended me for being the single dad while she was away in Pakistan (and I truly deserve the Dad of the Year Award for it) but the truth is, she is doing the same thing now, better than I did it, and with less time and resources than I had. Of course, in both cases, we had some great friends helping us out but consider that I worked the same schedule as the kids while she does not, Jeremy had a really good after school carpool during soccer season which he doesn’t have now with baseball, and 3rd quarter in any school is the longest and hardest by all accounts. Yet the kids are thriving and doing better in school, overall, than they did under my regime. They seem healthy and (mostly) happy and God knows they are eating better with Deb than they ever ate with me.
My Everlasting Love
So this is my tribute to my wife, whom I love dearly for being a great wife, mother, daughter, coach, worker, Air Force Officer, friend, exercise partner, and boundary watcher. She may not be perfect, no one is really, but she’s perfect to me! I love you, baby. Sweet dreams…
