My Heroes

I'm a little short on time, but there are two people that I really want to write about today. I wish I could put everything in my head down on the blog, but I'm a really can't type fast enough.



My incredible wife took her Nurse Practitioner Boards yesterday and passed. She earned her MSN through two pregnancies and a demanding full-time job, and she studied for her boards over the past few months while working full-time and taking care of our 2.5 year-old son and 5 month-old daughter. Mentally, she's as tough as anyone I know. The stress of having to pass this test was almost beyond belief. If she failed, she would have lost the job she carved out for herself at her current facility, we would have lost our business, and we probably would have lost our house after a few months.



Yeah, no shit, it was that serious.



But she knocked it out of the park the way she always does. She never fails to rise to the occasion. It's almost like she is hard-wired not to fail. I am so glad that she is in my life, because she forces me to raise the bar for myself. I would be such a slacker without her.



Great job, Sweetie! I'm so proud of you!



As Father's Day approaches, I find myself thinking about my dad more and more. He died of pancreatic cancer almost 2 years ago. When I was younger, I never gave my father the credit he deserved. As I slowly became a man, I realized what a hell of a great guy he was. When I became a father, I realized that he was the only man that really mattered in my life. Other men will always finish a distant second to him.

To put it simply, he worked unbelievably hard to make sure that his family was well cared for. His physical strength and work-ethic was legendary, but he was also incredibly sensitive at the same time. He was the perfect combination of strength and humility. He would do anything for a friend. He was the perfect role model for his children. I can only hope to be half the man that he was. I'll never be able to thank him enough for all that he did for me.

So that's just a little something about two of the true heroes in my life. I could fill volumes about the two of them, but I'll save it for another time. I just wanted to show a little appreciation for the people that inspire me to be a better man each day.