Today is almost over,
and I have been thinking all day
about my sweet husband.
and I have been thinking all day
about my sweet husband.
Until today, I had not yet blogged about Law School Graduation, because I wanted to save it for a special day. It is an emotional experience, watching your best friend completing a goal that he has always dreamed of doing. When they handed David his Juris Doctorate, I was overcome with joy, for the man I love. Lincoln and I broke all the rules and cheered really loudly, because we knew that not only was that wonderful man, an attorney,
more importantly,
he was our Daddy,
our superhero,
our favorite person in the world,
my Lover,
my sweetheart,
and my best friend
more importantly,
he was our Daddy,
our superhero,
our favorite person in the world,
my Lover,
my sweetheart,
and my best friend
(In front of our house, that sold this week)David has what I call
the Father Heart.
When David walks in the door after a 12 hour day,
it is not uncommon for me to get a kiss
and the kids to sit and tell Daddy about their day.
(Lincoln usually speaking of Molly, his swim coach, and riding his bike, and Henry usually jabbers da-da-da)
Following this, David gets out the scriptures, and leads our family
in scripture study and prayers
But, nothing grabs at my heart strings as much as watching David
carry our babies to bed,
telling them stories, and
singing lullabies of eternal importance.
He knows they are children of a loving Heavenly Father,
and his Father heart
reminds me of the love
that Heavenly Father has for our family.
In 6 years of knowing him,
I have found that the Lord knew me so well,
and had my happiness in mind
when he allowed me the great privilege
of being courted by, and marrying
David Earl.
The other day, Lincoln said,
Mama, Daddy is my favorite person in the whole entire world.
My heart was so full of joy that this three year old
understood what goodness was, and that he knew it was all inclusive in
his Daddy.
When David gets home,
Henry kicks his hands and his feet
and yells until
David picks him up.
He loves when he gets tickled and snuggled by David.
It is easy to see that he has a special place in his heart for the wonderful man
he calls da-da.
When David and I were dating, I saw him one day
reading his scriptures, and I had a strong impression
that He loved the Lord.
I knew I wanted a husband and a father who loved the Lord the way that David did,
and it was no wonder what my answer would be
when he got down on his knee, and asked me the most important question of my life.
Eternity has been so good to me.
In 6 years, I have seen the making of a man of valor; a man who I know
loves the Lord, and is choice and highly favored of the Lord.
A man made of:
strength
wisdom
integrity
compassion
goodness
kindness
service
and Love.
Sweetheart,
Happy Father's Day.
We love you.
Tons Bit.
7 comments:
I laughed at the expression on David's face when he was receiving his degree. I told Sherrie he has a look that says, "Yeah, I'm a lawyer." Matthew overheard me and repeated what he thought I said, "David's a moron!"
We love you guys! And David is pretty dang awesome (and NOT a moron). :)
I love you guys1 Congratulations! And Brandi, that was beautiful.
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Wow, a doctorate....so jealous.
I love what you wrote--David really is a one-of-a-kind great guy. And congrats on the graduation--that is such a great accomplishment after so many years of hard work!
Love the post Brandi! Congratulations - that's a lot of sacrifice and time for the whole family!
Congratulations! I think it's so lame when they say you can't cheer for the graduate. They worked so hard for so long the least they can do is let you give a little wahoo (or a big one). I'm glad you broke the rules!
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