You know I
was thinking about it, and I think I will be a little sappy today. Alta
always posts pictures of our boys and says such nice things about them. I love
that, but very rarely do we get to see pictures of the one behind the camera,
and I would love to say some nice things about her because she really
means the world to me. Today I am writing an Alta Marie post, which I am
sure will be modified or removed when she sees it. Hopefully not before anyone and everyone
reading this comments not on my botched writing, but on how special Alta really
is and how beautiful she looks in these photographs. I am hijacking the
blog a bit because I have never posted before, but Alta and I have
been apart for almost four months now and I think it is really starting to
take its toll on all of us, including the boys. It doesn't help that
things seem to keep getting more complicated as she preps to come back to the
island next month, but through it all the real backbone to our little family
has been my wife Alta. She will never tell you that, and you
will have a tough time convincing her to agree that she is a
talented, beautiful, and remarkable woman and mother. Her desire
for perfection and her humility wont let her ever gives in to
arrogance or even accepting whole-heartedly the compliments she receives.
That is just one of the million things which I love about her, And
there really might be a million things I love about her. She is that
great. I think the space apart, and the separate continents, and time
zones and even way of life we experience living apart has slowly made us all go
a little upside down. I know it has made me a bit batty and Alta is raising two
kids on her own. I can only imagine how difficult that is. Despite that Alta
Marie is still who we all turn to in our family for peace and for love and
direction. I know she is the only one who can turn my aggression and
impatience into kind actions and thoughtfulness. It is the same with our
boys. Those boys like to push Alta’s buttons with dad far away and she
has to play mom and dad, and being the tough parent all the time gets difficult, but she does it with grace and style and humor, which make
it so our boys love her so much. They may act tough and pretend like mom isn’t who
they want for their bath some nights, but mom is who they want for the real important
things; like when they get hurt, or want to learn, or be loved, or when they are having a tough
day. I know that Alta has created a
relationship with our boys so that they will come to her now and forever for
help and advice and love. Yes they are still little boys, who will be stubborn
like their dad, but Alta handles them and teaches them amazingly. I don’t
know many 12 month olds that can make the sounds of 15 different animals.
Or many 18 month olds that are potty trained, or 16 month olds that know
all their abc's both big and small case. Yes they may have gotten a
little bit of dad’s smarts and genes in there. But dad only has a little
bit of smarts to give. The rest comes totally from their mother. She
is smart, dedicated and an amazing teacher. Our family it is what it is
because of her. She is amazing with our children and with me. Thanks
to her we are all better people, and we all know our ABC's, both big and small
case. Alta tends to get down on herself for a lot of things. She always
wants to continue to be the best at what she does and she always wants to
perfect what she does. In doing this naturally she compares herself to
others. We all know that comparison can be hard and sometimes unproductive because there will always
be someone with more experience or different circumstances. Comparing
usually isn’t good, but I am guilty of doing it too sometimes. I compare Alta
to others a lot because in my eyes now and forever no one else will ever
compare to her. She is one of a kind, and I’m beyond blessed to have that
one special Alta in my life as my wife and as the mother of my children.
She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and she is a wonderful
and loving mother and wife. Times are a little tough being apart, but
that trial and the difficulties we face apart will be over soon. Luckily the
talents, beauty, love, and humor Alta has will be around forever.
I love
you Alta Marie
Thank you Alta for all you do and for these wonderful boys
