From the moment I saw Noelle in our Stats 221 class, I knew there was something special about her. And when I heard her speak English for the first time without an accent, I knew she was the one.I clearly remember our first date and how I was constantly thinking to myself that I wanted to know everything about her, but at the same time I kept thinking that I would have plenty of time to do so. The more time I spend with Noelle, the more amazed I am. I'm confident all would agree that I married way up. All who know Noelle love her. She is kind and generous regardless of the situation or person. Noelle brings optimism, timeless beauty, and class to any room she enters.
To me, Noelle is everything I need in my life...she makes me smile, she makes me laugh, she makes me happy, she keeps me grounded...she helps me be my best. I literally cannot imagine my life without Noelle. She is gorgeous in every sense of the word. She is my best friend and lover - an honor worth dying for. She is my first and last real true love.
And she is the mother of our children. There are certain memories in your life that never fade with time. One such memory recently occured to me as I arrived home from a long, busy day at work. The elevator opened directly to our apartment and I stepped out into the following scene:
I found Noelle kneeling on the floor surrounded by our kids singing the primary song "I'm so glad when daddy comes home". Now some may see this as cheezy, but to this dad, that's what life is all about. I will forever remember this moment in my life. There is nothing more important than my family and the strong reminder still brings tears to my eyes just by thinking about it. I will confess that this memory has replayed itself in my mind when I am out of town for work and returning to an empty hotel room at night. I find myself dropping to my knees to thank God for my wonderful family and plead for their potection while I am away.Merry Christmas Noelle. I love you.
7 comments:
Good Grief Bruce, "Timeless Beauty" you are so right on with that! If anyone matches that description (along with your others) it would be Noelle. What a beautiful post and it is wonderful that you would share this with the rest of us bloggers!
Noelle, holy smokes! I don't think any woman could ask for a more perfect gift! He just raised the bar for every husband. :) So sweet.
Happy New Year Bruce, Noelle, Bryson, Luke, and Makenna!!
What a wonderful "first blog". Of course, I am partial to what you write about my niece - I knew when she was born that she was going to be special. How wonderful that she has such a loving husband and beautiful children to share her life with. We miss you all here in California but send our best wishes and love to each of you.
Love,
Aunt Marie
Noelle,
Okay, I have a few things here:
1) your family is adorable! what a blessing!
2) i have to hear this song that your kiddos sing b/c when we start having kids, Chad is totally the kind of guy that would adore something like that
3) i have been sucked into this blog world and i need some help. i've set mine up, but i need to know how to do cool fonts in my header/title and also where to find cute backgrounds (i.e. something like your falling snow you have on yours)
4) i love and miss you tons!
Love,
Jenn Campbell Dueker
email me back at jennleighcampbell@gmail.com
(i first heard this phrase whilst living in dallas when a large black woman saw my diamond wedding band... so now that you've got the vision:) "now dats real luh."
AMEN! We are all blessed to know you. I'm glad you've got a guy who truly appreciates you.
awww, bruce. you romantic, you ; )
we knew you had some lovin' in you... even though you have to slur your "loveya" to me, and you can't look us in the eye when you say something sweet about noey, and even though you refuse to read twilight... jk. try several times over.
jk.
maybe.
i love you both. i'm so glad my sister married you!!!! and that she was able to speak perfect english when she was in your math class.
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