ENJOY!
A Few Beautiful Things About My Wife
There are not enough eloquent adjectives in our language to
describe all the wonderful qualities that make up my wife, Laura. Many of you know Laura, and you know her
bright shining personality. Full of the
humor of life and the spirit of boldness and adventure, Laura brightens any
gathering and brings laughter and warmth to those in her presence.
There are many things that you don’t know about her,
though. Just as you and I have those
little things about us that make us unique, so does she. I’ve been her husband for eight wonderful
years now, but we’ve known each other since before we were born, it seems, and
I’ve had the honor and pleasure of witnessing and experiencing those little
things that make her special.
For instance, many of you will never get to see her sleep on
her stomach. It seems that the only way
she is comfortable in rest is if she is buried and snuggled into the bed, with
the covers tucked in on all sides and her beautiful face turned to the side on
her cool pillow. It brings to me a
feeling of ease to know she is comfortable and safe beside me.
She is also very disciplined, if you haven’t noticed. She rises every day at 5am and attacks a
regimented schedule that would make a military commander proud. She prepares herself, our daughter, our
lunches, and whatever other tasks that must be completed before her departure –
all before 6:30. At 6:30 the school bus
passes by our house and she’s on the road, going to her job as a teacher.
You also may not know that she is an excellent dancer with
an uncanny sense of rhythm and a beautiful fluidity of motion, but she’s also
very self-conscious. She is amazingly
alluring when she moves to the music, but she doesn’t think she is, and I think
everyone would be amazed at her grace.
She doesn’t let insecurity stop her from doing many other
things, though. She has the same
misgivings and doubts that we all do, yet she jumps from the cliff anyway to
see what the landing is like. It makes
my heart swell to see her succeed at something she hasn’t attempted before and
my pride grows for her with every victory.
The latest unknown frontier that she’s found herself standing tall in is
for a task taken on for Christ. She has
learned to sew and embroidery in order to make extra funds for our church to
use in outreach – and her creations are wonderful.
Many of you who have seen Laura know that she is short of
stature and wears the trappings of femininity with a loveliness and grace. She is every bit a woman and loves to adorn
herself with all the qualities that make women different from men. As big and strong and steeped in all things
that make a man a man as I am, she still awes me with her strength. This little, feminine, soft, beautiful person
has a spirit of granite and a will of iron.
Many of you know of our struggles with having a child and many of you
don’t. Let me just say that I was truly
humbled by Laura’s strength and perseverance…. What had me on my knees a broken
man was simply a speed bump for her.
So when you encounter my wife, keep these things in
mind. She is a comforting soul who will
make you look foolish if you try to match her schedule. Her discipline is only matched by her
incredible love. She is a better dancer
than you even if you never get to see it, and she will try something new before
you will…. And she’ll beat you at it.
She loves Jesus and the lord is her shepherd, so if you step up on her
thinking that you’re going to break her, you are going to have a long, limping,
painful walk home. She has more life and
strength in her little finger than most of us have in our hearts, and I love her for it.
