My SWEETHEART ;)

This post is dedicated to my sweetheart, my love, my hunny, my dear, my beautiful, my dedicated, my inspiring, and my forever wife. I love and respect this girl so deeply and so much that she won't ever really understand how grateful I am that she chose me to be her forever husband. In the almost 5 years that we have been married I have learned more about myself and more about who I can be than I ever imagined I would. Right now, I am sitting in a classroom on a tiny island in the Caribbean studying to become a Doctor of Medicine. Did I ever imagine myself doing this let alone having a wife that would up and leave a comfortable life with only 1 year of schooling left for her husband to move to an island with lizards, heat, humidity, dirt, goats, ants, clothes lines and so much more we haven't even experienced yet? NO WAY!!!!! See, the thing is, I never ever thought I had the capacity to do what I am doing now....but Lynz did. She pushes me to reach for things that I only thought other people could do. She see's a potential in me that I somehow over look but that to her is always within reach.


Lyndsey has to be one of the most forgiving people I have ever meet in my life. She has an ability to put herself in the other person's shoes and to try and understand from their perspective what they must be feeling, thinking, or experiencing. Her heart is pure and her love is unconditional. I'm not perfect nor do I pretend to be but to Lynz I know that is alright. I know that when mistakes are made or when poor choices are choosen she will not turn away and pretend that nothing has happened. She she will take those choices and mistakes and the person that made them and love them and make you feel like your more important than the choice or mistake and help you be so much better than you were 1 minute before.


Lynz has a faith that is unshakeable. She knows how to trust in her Heavenly Father...to really trust in Him. I thought I knew what it was to be faithful, unquestioning, unwavering, and firm in knowing that He knows what is happening. She does. I can think of a million times when I have wanted things to work out right now or happen right but I can't think of a time when Lynz hasn't just left it up to the Lord. I hear her say all the time, "We know it's where we are supposed to be or what we are supposed to be doing so it will workout." No complaining, no worrying, just believing and trusting and in the end she is always right.


Beckam and Maddox could not have a better example and teacher in their lives than their mom. After being somewhat of a stay-at-home dad over the last 2 1/2 months I have gained a greater appreciation and a greater respect of what she does with our boys. It is a 24 hour job and she does it better than anyone I know. She has patience, love, creativity, humor, discipline, and a relationship with these boys that I will never have and I'm more than ok with that. They are her boys and she would do anything for them.


I had one of those goosebump moments the other day when I had some time to sit and think. I feel like I got a glimpse and a feeling of what an eternal family is all about. I thought about how she is mine and I am hers FOREVER. I think this crosses our minds every now and then but have we ever really taken the time to think about that. These relationships are forever. Everything we put into or fail to put into these relationships with our spouse and kids is carving out a path that we will walk with them on into and throughout the eternities. I feel like lynz is always a few steps in front of me making sure our path is straight, clear of any boulders or pebbles, helping me and the boys enjoy the journey of getting there to our heavenly home that will be ours, together, forever.

I love you friend!!!!