Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Other Woman

I have a confession to make.  I'm not going to beat around the bush.  There has been another woman in my life.  It's been this way for some time now.  It starts out and you don't even think about it.  Then, years later, you realize the profound impact it has had on your marriage.

It seems like such a short time ago when Lindsey started kindergarten.  She was reading so quickly and hasn't stopped since.  I told her that learning to read was one of the greatest things you can do because once you know how to read you can learn anything.  She has long since read far more books than I ever will.

About a year ago Lindsey got her driver's license (or "dryfen lyvers" as Lacey called it).  It's a very surreal experience to see her and Lauren hop in the Expedition and drive off to band rehearsal or piano lessons or to a friend's house.

Now she's grown up!  She completed all her high school work a few weeks ago.  She's done!  Now she is hard at work pursuing her career as a writer.  At seventeen she has already been published in a Christian magazine and, this week, had the privilege of speaking to a writers group at FamilyLife.  She is now hard at work on a novel and a children's book.

By contrast, when I was seventeen I was only worried about how to put gas in my Nova!  Oh, I had some ideas of what I wanted to do but I was far from making strides in any of those directions.  Come to think of it, I've never really been that adventurous... maybe I'm a hobbit at heart.  But I'm so glad my girls are outgoing!

To quote Larnelle Harris

She's become the other woman in my life. 
She's the evidence of love between me and my wife. 
When she was a baby I held her
And as a young girl I watched her
Become the other woman In my life!

I love you Lindsey and I'm so proud of you!

Psalm 127:4-5 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of ones youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

2 comments:

  1. SOB! That was beautiful! Thank you for letting me have a small part of her life. You and Dana are wonderful parents. I hope the same can be said of my husband and I one day.

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  2. Aww... thank you Daddy! And you might be a little hobbitish, in your feet anyway.

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