Her Beside Me

Who can find a virtuous wife? Her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; and he will have no lack of gain.   Proverbs 31:10-11

I had everything planned out so perfectly in my head as to what I was going to say about my wife in front of Dave Ramsey and 10 million listeners when we did our DEBT FREE SCREAM.  Between the nerves, excitement and emotions, it came out as, "The biggest thing for me was having her beside me."  Obviously I'm not the most eloquent of public speakers.

So today, on our 8 year anniversary, I want her to know that I would be nothing without her.  When you have a real WOMAN standing beside you, there's almost NOTHING you can't do. 

Now, when I met Brittany she was well on her way to spoiled brat princess land.  She'll tell you, that when she was growing up, she had the best of everything.  The best clothes, the best toys, etc.  If it was in style or popular, she had it.  One funny story she's told me is that her mom took her to several different stores in search of a giant jawbreakers when they first came out.  When I met her in college (2002), I was driving a 1991 Mazda MX-6 with over 200,000 miles and she was driving a new 2002 Honda Civic.

To say she was reluctant to join me when I first picked up on this Dave Ramsey stuff is an understatement.  It was a, "you can have this credit card when you pry it from my cold dead hands" type of situation.  However, she stuck it out with me (and married me anyway) and we've been able to do some great things since then.  You know you're doing something right when your Mother-In-Law says, "What have you done to my daughter."

My wife is a REAL WOMAN.  She has sacrificed and given up nearly all of her wants and some things that people may consider needs in order to make sure that her children got to do the things they wanted.  Heck, she even gave up some things to allow me to have things I wanted.  She has stood beside me through our entire debt free journey and only gotten behind me when I needed my butt kicked to get back on the course.  She is a rock to our family and without her...well, the kids and I would be in big trouble.

Thank you honey for your big heart and your love of me and our kids.  You are a virtuous woman and it's been proven that because of you, I've had no lack of gain.  I can't wait to see what the future holds for us in our DEBT FREE life going forward.  You deserve each and every reward that is coming because of the sacrifices you've made up to this point.

So, when I said "having her beside me", this is what I meant to say.  

Happy 8 years baby!!!