In Proverbs 31:10 the Bible says, “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. It goes on in versus 25-29 to say, “Strength and dignity are her clothing and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”
Today is Terrie’s birthday and I just have to write about her. When I started this blog a little over 5 years ago I decided it would be about God, Love, Life and Lessons. I wanted to use it to share my experiences in those four subjects. For me, Terrie is about all of those things and more.
I know I have told you about the type of man (or boy) I was when we got married. By-the-way, thanks to the incredible woman Terrie is we will celebrate our 50th anniversary in June. The fact that she stayed with me, despite my narcissistic behavior, is just one hint about the faithful, supportive, nurturing person and wife she is. There are so many positive changes in my life that are the results of her “gentle engineering.” But this post isn’t about me – it is about the unparalleled woman I married almost 50 years ago.
The reality is, I’m not sure there are better words to describe her than those in Proverbs. I am also sure that all of her friends, her sons, her immediate family and anyone who has had the opportunity to encounter her would say the same. For all of us, Terrie has been a testimony to God‘s love, a person who radiates love constantly, the woman I have had the incredible blessing to spend the majority of my life with, a person who has taught me so many lessons. God, Love, Life, Lessons, she is all of those and so much more.
So please allow me to indulge myself in the shortest but most descriptive and inspired post I believe I have written. Join me in celebrating the birthday of a truly extraordinary person. I have no other words.
Doug's Journey 
Amen, brother. A word fitly spoken. My beautiful wife Linda and I will be celebrating 49 years of marriage this coming December. We met in September 1977, were married three months later in December, and have been blessed with five children, fifteen grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. Without her patient endurance as I slowly put aside the ‘old man’ (or ‘young boy’) and submitted myself to God’s will for my life, things would have turned out much differently. I am eternally grateful for her faithfulness, her wisdom and kindness, and her ability to keep the household running while I was often away from home on business. Thank you for sharing this post. It reminded me of what’s really important in my life.
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Doug,
Thank you for sharing. Happy Birthday Terrie. Let me share a poem I wrote for my Susie that fits Terrie and you Doug, as follows:
A Love that can be: Eternal, lasting, joyful, meaningful, hopeful, real, exciting, adventurous, beautiful
Is this too good to be true?
Our love is all these things, and I the beneficiary.
My love for you grows each day.
Our best,
Ira and Sue
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Happy Birthday Terrie and Doug what a special tribute to a very special person in your life. Your posts makes me understand how my wife Renee is a special person who had “reengineered me” in our nearly 40 years of marriage. Well said and well done!
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What a great way to honor Terrie on her Birthday! She is one of my very best friends and your words describe her perfectly! She is one in a million and we are all blessed to have her in our lives♥️
You are a lucky man Doug… Terrie is equally as blessed!
May God bless her richly today🙏
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What a beautiful honoring tribute to Terrie, Doug. You are both blessed to have each other!!! Joanne.
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