My Lovely Wife

S~ Okay, two posts in a row. No Teresa is fine but there was something more I wanted to say. For those of you who don't know, today is Teresa and my sixth wedding anniversary! So I wanted to take some time to tell all of you how lucky a guy I am. When I met Teresa nine years ago, I noticed her immediately. She was this spunky girl that ran around the campus of our college going by the name of Tree (a nickname I still use to this day). She had a boyfriend that first year and I had a girlfriend. My senior year we started dating, and it was a little rocky the first few months. But we persevered. Then I graduated and moved to Rhode Island, Teresa still had two more years of college to go through. I had some doubts that we were going to be able to survive the distance. But God had a plan. We survived the first year and the start of the second year I proposed to her (the smartest thing I ever did). I was so nervous I could barely get the words out but she said yes! Then a year after that we were married. I will never forget standing at the front of the church when the music started playing and watched as the doors opened to a beautiful angel dressed all in white. I remember my knees going week and I choked back tears. I thought how could a clown like me every deserve such a treasure. Now six years later we are spending our anniversary watching our daughter in the ICU recover from a difficult surgery. I can't tell you how lucky I am to have a woman like Teresa as my wife! She is so wonderful in so many ways. Her strength during a crisis has helped me so much these past seven months. She is strong when I can't be and vice versa. She constantly makes me laugh and is the most wonderful dedicated mother. She has done such a tremendous job raising Jamie and Clare, and sacrificed a lot in the process. God has granted me with the greatest gift he could have ever given me, and that is my wife. I am not worthy to have her, but knowing that, I find myself honored that she also chose me. I remember in my very first post (Daddy's First Post, June 23rd) I made a comment about wondering how our marriage will hold up under all this stress. Well, now going through the most stressful seven months of our lives; I know that God has helped us grow closer together. He has made us a much better team and much better parents. So on our sixth anniversary I want to celebrate my wife Teresa. I ask all of you to leave her a special comment to let her know how much you all love her. Happy Anniversary, Tree!