Originally posted 11-11-2009.  Reposted 08-05-2010 in honor of our 16th Wedding Anniversary

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I don’t write enough about my family.   Some blogers may write too much about family, but sometimes I feel like I just don’t tell you enough about the people who are most important to me.  So today I’d like you to meet my wife.   This is Stacey Lynn Danielson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and I’m honored to be her husband!

Stacey and I married on August 6, 1994 and every day I’m reminded why I don’t deserve her.  Here are some of the sacrifices she’s made for our kids and for me so that I’m able to serve God in full-time ministry:

1. She married me!
2. She lets me sleep in our bed rather than the Doghouse!
3. She managed to maintain her sanity while helping put me through seminary.
4. She gave up a career in Physical Therapy and Rehab.
5. She moved with me to Santa Fe, New Mexico to plant a church.
6. She birthed our three sons.
7. She continually puts our kids needs and desires above her own.
8. She seeks God regularly and loves Jesus more than anything!
9. She puts up with the crazy hours, travel, and stress related to my career in ministry.
10. She maintains and manages our home, bookkeeping, meals, our pets, kids homework and communication with teachers.
11. She mows the lawn and lets me just do the edging.
12. She sews holes in my pockets.
13. She watches sci-fi and Star Wars stuff with me.
14. She listens to me better than I listen to her.
15. She tolerates it when I embarrass her by doing things like writing blog posts like this.
16. She eats well and exercises so that she’ll be healthy and around for a long time.
17. She cuts and colors my hair.
18. She does all of this for a salary of $0.

I love you, Stacey Lynn Danielson.   I’m overwhelmed that you chose me and 16 years later you still put up with my job and my nerdery!  Your love language is words of affirmation so this one is for you, babe.  You are my precious bride!

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Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is worth more than precious rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life.
~Prov 31:10-11 (NLT)