On October 23 of last year, I finally took one more step in making things right in my life. On that day I married my loving wife. Though we had been together for many years, it was not until last year that I started to understand that something was lacking in my life. I had this nagging thought in the back of my mind that certain items in my life were incomplete.
I have always deeply loved and cared for the woman that I so happily made my wife on that wonderful day in October. She is and has always been everything I could desire in a woman and to be totally honest, I truly did not think our relationship could have been any better than it already was. That my friends was a huge miscalculation on my part. Because ever since that day we stood side by side before the Lord all mighty and pledged our lives to each other, our relationship has grown in ways I could never had expected.
It was as if the prior years we were just mere seeds spread upon the earth, struggling, fighting, striving to grow in a harsh and unforgiving environment and on October 23, 2010 our dear Lord looked upon us as we said our vows and at that moment he took these two pitiful seeds and placed us into fertile soil and gave us water. From his grace we truly have grown as one. With each passing day, I feel closer to my wife and I truly believe that she feels the same as I do. God has truly blessed me and I am forever thankful.
It is amazing when one finally follows the path the Lord has presented to you, how things that were once issues are put into perspective. So many blessing have been bestowed on me in the past years that I often wondered "Why me?". I don't believe in luck and I used to think that all I have accomplished in my life was my own doing. Oh how arrogant I was, to think that the path my life has taken was due only to my choices, abilities, and hard work.
I will be 43 years old this year and with each passing year I become more introspective about my life. It is a definite truth that with age comes wisdom and with wisdom comes responsibility. Responsibility not just in ones life, but within one community. It is this reason I now speak out against any policy or idea that would shackle or strip away the rights of my fellow man. Because if I stand by and allow that to take place, then who would be there to stand up for me? We are all blessed with inalienable rights, but we will not keep them if we are not willing to defend them.
I keep coming back to one particular quote that sums up the reason why any and all should stand up and defend their fellow man's rights; that quote is Edmund Burke's eloquent but simple statement of "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
David I am constantly amazed by the God given talent you have of expressing yourself. I learned long ago that the most important thing we do in life is determine our priorities. My top priorities are God first, family second and country third. I believe you truly have yours in the order they should be. I have seen you grow from a baby to the man you are today and I am very proud of the man you have become.
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