Thursday, May 3, 2007

My Wife

My wife hassles...I mean encourages me to eat healthy. This coming from a woman who hasn’t lost any of the weight she wanted to lose during the time that I have lost nearly 40 pounds.

My wife rolls her eyes and moans when I start talking about my dreams. One of my dreams was to be my own boss by selling bungee-jumping squirrel feeders. After 5 years of six-figure sales, you’d think the eye-rolling would stop.

My wife encourages me to help with our son’s homeschooling. I like to point out that I was the guy behind the early reading success.

So, now that I’ve thoroughly trashed my wife in a very public forum, what I’m really trying to say is this: I Love You, Minda!

See, I figured out in the last couple of years how woefully ill-equipped I am for life in the modern world without Minda by my side.

For example, when Minda heads out of town on a scrapbook retreat, I am inclined to delve heartily into the Chocolate Food Group. Fortunately the retreats are few and far between or I would be a blimp.

Another example: Sure the home-business was a success, but only because I had a partner to bounce ideas off of—while we worked our fingers raw hand-assembling the 1000’s of Squngees we’ve sold over the years.

And yes Andrew’s a great reader…or as he recently put it, “Sometimes I wish I could look at something and not read it!” The phonics program we used when he was 4 was the easy part. What Minda has taught him with very little input from me is truly amazing.

I would not be the man I am today if it wasn’t for Minda. Let me put that another way:
I WOULD NOT BE THE MAN I AM TODAY IF IT WASN’T FOR MINDA!! (Sorry bout the exclamation points, Hon). And I thank God for His decision to put her in my life on a regular basis.

Recently I started ramping up my next big business idea. I didn’t see Minda roll her eyes. Instead she did what she does best: she quietly encouraged me.

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