Let us give thanks..

Happy Thanksgiving! What a wonderful day. It would be much better if Daddy were with us. He is at Quantico today, serving others. We have been down in Southwest Virginia since Tuesday night visiting my parents and brother. It's nice here and we had a bit of rain this morning. I find myself thinking of a lot that I have to be thankful for today. I have been holed up in my parent's room for what seems like forever trying to get the computer to a point where I can post and do photos. I hope that you all have a wonderful day with your families and friends. We have much to give thanks for. We have all been blessed in many ways.

Alright, here's my tribute:

Almost eight years ago, I stood at the front of Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church and told you, Tracy, that "I am honored to be standing here to become your wife". Well, the same stands true today, but even stronger as the days go by. I continue to be honored to be your wife and am thankful that I can call you mine. I am so proud of you as a husband, provider, friend, rock, lover, goofball, father, daddy, son, brother, etc. and those are not in any particular order. :)

You keep me straight when I stray from what I need to focus on (due to my scatterbrainedness) that's a new word for you Manda, and you allow me to be me, my craziness and all. You've never tried to change me but you've accepted me for me. Though it's tough for you, you even let some of me rub off on you. That's a good thing, because I do think that I like your qualities that I lack and I try to adopt those for myself at times too. I look at it as a delicately choreographed dance that we have been working on together and we seem to move as one most of the time. Some toes may get stepped on every once in a while but very seldom.

I'm thankful for the respect that we have for each other and the fact that I know that you are "there";no matter where you are. You are my precious angel and I thank God every day, many times a day that he chose you for me. I love you baby. Happy Thanksgiving.