Today is my wife’s birthday!

In moments like this you try and think of the best things to write about someone who means so much to you. I have begun to reflect over the years that I have been privileged to know the women who is partnering in life with me. The joy she brings, the ability to care for all people, to always (sometimes a little too much) suggest that she be the one to help, and how she never stops looking for fun in life.

She brings creativity, she brings laughter, and she brings a special vantage point to situations that I can promise most will never see She has big dreams, and yet she lives for that special connection in each small moment. She longs for a closeness with people, and yet never denies it from those seeking the same. She craves the feelings found in traditions (Christmas) and relishes the memories made within those times of life. She wants to make people smile, and will stay up late to make sure that someone else finds happiness in the form of something as simple as a photo.

Her desire is to find fun, exhaust each minute of the day given to her, and never leave a situation without finding a lasting memory to return to.

She loves kids, gives up herself for them, and spends hours drawing out the traits and gifts hidden with each of them. A model of a mother, and picture of grace.

She is loyal, she is trustworthy, she is naive (a good thing), she is honest, she is wise, and she is dedicated. She is beautiful, perfect, fragile, and innocent.

She is pure, she is honorable, she is lovely, and best of all… she is MINE!

There are many more reasons, but only a life lived with her would let you truly see them.

For many reasons and more… I love you Tandy Grandstaff.

Happy Birthday!