I am Sheila’s husband and tomorrow is a very special day for me and our family! (It was tomorrow when I started writing this, now its the 22nd) It’s Sheila’s birthday! For a while I have wanted to post on her site for the world to know what an incredible woman I am married too! For me, we met one hot July day(the 21st) in 1997 while paint balling with some mutual friends. For Sheila, we met back in 1993 when my brother and I stayed at their house while en route to a conference in Indianapolis, IN. That visit didn’t make the impression on me like it for her (a point I will never live down). However, when I saw Sheila in that paintball tent almost 13 years ago, it was love at first sight! She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I was immediately impressed with how real she was and I was drawn like magnet to her love and passion for God. This was the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with!!! Well, in 3 months we were engaged and 3 months after that we were married. Proverbs 19:14 says that a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord. That is so true! Sheila is the greatest gift God could have ever designed for me. Over 12 years have passed since we made that commitment to each other and we have experience a lot of life together. Sheila has supported and encouraged me in so many ways, with incredible self-sacrifice and determination no matter how challenging life has been. Her dedication to God and His ways, her unswerving commitment to what is right, her deep, deep love and care for me as her husband and our children just begin to tell of the person Sheila is. Her faith is unshakable, she always thinks of others first and herself last. Giving birth to our 7 girls and soon number 8 (we don’t know what were having) in the midst of renovating homes (She did dishes in the bathtub for 6 months while were trying to finish a kitchen in one house), starting a business, moving, homeschooling, decorating, and so much more simply boggles my mind as look back on it. She is truly an unsung hero in my book! So many sleepless nights feeding and taking care of wonderful crying babies, so many days battling migraine headaches while juggling the needs of our growing family. However, no matter what is going on or how crazy things get, she always wants to take time for us, she wants to be with me and our children. I’m the most blessed man alive! We walk together, we run together, we hike together, we bike together, we camp together, we run a business together, we raise our kids together, we play together, we work together, we go on dates together, we laugh together, we fight together, we pray together! She is my soul mate, my much better half, my best friend, my life partner!
Sheila brings insight and wisdom in her leadership of our company. She provides perspective to me and all our staff as we encounter difficult circumstances. She has an amazing eye and heart for managing people by caring for them. She brings hope and encouragement and direction in her leadership. Sheila is a fighter and never gives up! In the past few years we have faced of the darkest days of our lives, when it seems life is over and all hope is lost, MY GIRL never gave up! In the face of pressure, opinion of others, and seemingly overwhelming opposition she hung on to us and our family and God.
Sheila decorates by finding and using the coolest things (at bargain prices too). She never ceases to amaze me with the things she comes up with. As Proverbs 31 says, “the heart of her husband does safely trust in her.” And I do! Sheila has the courage to be honest with me for which I am so grateful. Her reflection to me of how I am affecting her is so helpful for me in seeing whether I am being Christlike or not. What a tremendous helper she is to me. Life can be crazy for us and even with 7 girls Sheila is never too busy to do hair, put together a fun outfit, paint toenails or fingernails and just all in all make each of our girls feel special. She loves to laugh and play games, work hard and get dirty, and yet is always thinking about how to please her Father by striving to be a better wife and mother. She is a tremendous, godly example to our girls. Both me and them are blessed beyond what we could ever express. Sheila’s worth and value to me is “far above rubies”, far above anything in this world! She makes me happy and fills my life with more blessings than I ever could have imagined. I love you Sheila Mary with all my heart and soul!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MY GIRL!!!!!!!!!
