My Wife

My wife and I were friends for a long time before we started dating. We had a regular group that spent time together. When we first got married we both made sacrifices. I moved to where she was finishing school, which was about two and a half hours each way from my job. Since I was successful with my company and we planned on moving back, we didn't see any reason for me to quit. She offered to move somewhere more equidistant from our two destinations but it really didn't make sense to me, so instead she accelerated her degree. She finished a semester early - and I really don't know how she pulled it off. Our marriage was truly bliss. For the first year, I don't think we had a fight (not that I consider disagreements in a marriage to be a bad thing.) We spent every evening together, just the two of us, and on the weekends we caught up on sleep. We took long walks. We participated in the church choir together. We enjoyed life in a small town. We look back on those days with fondness, life was so simple and innocent for us. My wife is a wonderful cook. She is an extremely talented musician. She is one of the most thoughtful people I know. She has a classical personality, and she has a classic, timeless beauty. She is smart, well spoken, and (thanks to me) she has an excellent sense of humor. But the quality I admire most about her is how close she is to God. I have never met someone like her in that respect. Whenever she prays, her prayers are answered. Whatever she asks of God, it is done. When we finally hit revelation, my wife cried. She withdrew into herself. Where she used to be trusting before - well, I stole that quality from her. But she handled the situation with a maturity beyond her years. She forgave me within a week of revelation - though of course actual healing takes much much longer. I admire that she never lost her faith in God. She believed He would take care of us, and He has. There is still one prayer she has in regards to the situation which God has not answered, but those of you who believe in God know that He answers prayers in His own way and His own time frame. She believes, deep down, that He will either answer her prayer or give her the strength to get through it somehow even though she struggles with it. The point of this post is really just to talk about how much I admire my wife for the way she has dealt with the situation. She has been truly amazing. She stayed with me, first and foremost. She continues to teach our son that I am a good man, despite my weaknesses. She continues to make sure that those members of our family who know about the affair support us and treat us with respect. And because of her strength, we are healing. I love you, my dearest, thank you for everything.