Gratitude

Let me just take a moment to express something.

I am so proud to be the husband of Marianne Michele Henry. She is such an incredible wife, a beautiful mother, and my best friend. Watching her in this season of pregnancy has made me realize how truly blessed I am. I have seen how pregnancy, though it is such a beautiful thing, surely brings fatigue, physical discomfort, a shot of stomach acid every morning to get you started, sore and swollen sausage feet, and the overwhelming pressure of "what you do affects your baby". It truly demands for a molding of the heart, for your character to be strengthened, and for you truly live out sacrificial love by braving the physical pain in order to give life to a new child.
Her heart has been for this baby since the day the Lord said, "Go." Even though finding out that we were to have a child was so not in our agenda, she wanted to please the Lord. I am SO BLESSED to know that this beautiful woman longs to please the heart of God! I am SO BLESSED to know that she prays for the satisfaction of every need for that little baby inside of her. I am SO BLESSED that my son is covered in his mommy's prayers regarding his future- for I know that when she prays for him, she is asking for pure, lovely, and noble things on his behalf. I am so excited to take my place as the father, especially knowing that Mari will be by my side as the mother. She teaches me so much about loving, caring, listening, obedience to God, laughing, and fulfilling our highest calling: being a child of the Heavenly Father.

I am so thankful for this family that is being established in this day.