Opposites attract...

I guess the old saying is true? My wife, Christine, is almost everything that I am not. She is assertive, outgoing, the life of the party, vocal, at ease in a crowd, attentive to detail, neat, and good looking. When I met her in 1989 in San Antonio, Texas I was lost. This little ‘Texas Tornado’ turned my world on its ear and sent this good old boy head over heels into love. She has given me so many gifts and special moments since that October 13th that I cannot begin to list them all. Perhaps the most important thing she brings to me is a sense of being complete. Had I married someone exactly like myself I would imagine that life would be very boring! Without a doubt she brings spice to my life. 

While I may not recognize the fact often enough, Christine is my rock. She has somehow managed not to give me the boot through years of my being gone for one reason or another. Some years I was gone into the field hunting almost every weekend through the fall. Other years I was gone for weeks at a time to Europe or Mexico on business trips. She always managed without me. The house was still standing, the yard was cut, the dog was fed, and the kids made it to school. I somehow doubt I could function as well in her absence. I guess it is just part of being a great mother, mine walked on water and I suppose Christine does too. 

Christine has brought four marvelous and healthy kids into this world. She has given to each of them a special little piece of herself. She pours her heart and soul into my kids and I hope and pray that they will always appreciate that fact. I don’t know of another Mom who dotes over their children as much as Christine. When they step out into the world each day you can bet your bottom dollar that every hair on their pretty little heads are perfectly in place and that they are completely color coordinated. God help them on the days when Mom isn’t there to make sure everything is in order and that they are squared away for the day!

She may be a Mom but she is still my babe. A spark in her eyes can still make me weak in the knees and she will always have me wrapped around her little finger. Here’s hoping for many more years of marriage to the spice of my life, my Jalapeno! Sometimes they burn like heck but without them things are bland.