by Janicegail Slone

Created on: June 17, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

There are many people that I admire very much, I'm a very blessed person. I have been loved by two loving and devoted parents, have a devoted sister and brother, whom I think are the greatest and I admire them very much, however the person I have chosen to write about as the Someone I admire, is my husband.

My husband and I married late in life according to standards, he at 45 and me at 37 and yes it was our first marriage, we've been blessed with over 22 & 1/2 years of marriage. During these years I've had plenty of reason to admire this fine man I married.

We wanted children, and the Dr.'s gave us the green light to try to have a family, after our 1st anniversary still no little one on the way, and after many test and surgery on my part, we learned the problem, through months of medication, hopefully I'd be able to conceive a baby. None of this worked for me and a year and half after our marriage, I had another surgery, and this one ended all possibility that I'd ever bear a child. Not one time in all the Dr. trips, hospital stays, surgeries, and on and on, did my husband ever complain that I could not have a baby. Never did he say it was you, and never did he say, Oh I wish things had been different with you. He never made me feel anything less than wonderful, he accepted it as God's will for our life and just moved on from there.

Over and over in our marriage, I have had some major health issues, of which he has given me the most tender of care. He has cared for me in the fashion that Christ expects the husband to care for and love his wife, and that is as Christ loved us, and that is with unconditional love.

I admire my husband for his unselfishness, his kindness, his good manners, his honesty, and his encouragement. There are many things I do today, that I would never have attempted or accomplished had it not been for his encouraging words of "Now I know my Baby can do that." He is my biggest fan and I his.
I admire him for the way he has always treated my family, and how great to see that love reciprocated to him. I admire the way he treats his fellow man and the way he loves his country and how he served it for 8 & 1/2 years.
I admire the way he serves his Lord, with dedication and honesty and integrity. The way he treats young children, he is their biggest fan, always complimenting them over their achievements.
I admire how he never holds a grudge against me or any disagreement we may have had, once it is over, it is over. He is forgiving and without a doubt the kindest man I've ever know.

This past year he has been diagnosed with Parkinson Disease. I so much admire how he has handled this, never complaining why me, or what am I going to do, or How?
He takes each day as it comes, accepts it as a gift from God, and does the best he can. Oh I'm sure there are days he wishes he didn't have this awful problem, I sure do, but his attitude and his fortitude to keep on keeping on and to do the best you can with what is sent your way, is just another reason why I admire my husband more than anyone else on this earth.
Thanks for allowing me to share this with you all.

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