Monday, July 14, 2014

My Best Friend

It's funny because the first birthday I ever celebrated with her, we were already married. You see, we started dating in August of 1995, got engaged in January of 1996 and then we married in May of 1996...two months shy of her 21st birthday. I'm talking about my best friend who just happens to be my wife, Mel.

Nineteen birthdays together and I'll tell you a couple of truths. Number one, she is my smoking hot wife and she gets hotter every year! Number two, I am more thankful to God with each year that passes because it becomes more and more obvious that I married way out of my league!

She is the most selfless person I know. She always puts our girls and me before herself. She is the picture of a Godly woman. I watch with awe as people that have never met her before are able to talk with her like they've known her for a lifetime. She is wise beyond her years. I watch our girls look at her with admiration and pray that they take after her in all they do. She knows that God is her number one and I am her number two. She amazes me every day. 

Mel, putting the perfect words down to describe the way I feel about you is difficult. However, you are perfectly described in 5 verses in the book of Proverbs:

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: "There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!"                - Proverbs 31:25-29

I love you so much Mel, Happy Birthday!!! 

B