Ladys and Gentlemen, I'd like to recognize Mary Anna Frandsen Peacock

Okay, so now it’s my turn to blog. I know, I know, you are all probably wondering why I would take the blogging baton away from Mary since she does such a GREAT job at it. The reason is that I need to tell everyone about this wonderful woman that I married.

Words cannot even begin to express the love and appreciation that I have for Mary. As I approach my graduation day I can’t help but look back on the journey to this point. There have been a lot of late nights, there was a lot of stress, anxiety, frustration, discouragement, etc…etc…etc… And as I contemplated all those hard moments there was one person that was always there to help me through them, Mary.

Mary has a way of brightening every room that she walks into and immediately brings a cute, light-hearted, and vivacious spirit with her. Maybe it’s because she has me so “twitter-pated”, but I can’t help but smile and feel a great deal of love for her whenever she is around. Most people that will read this will know what I am talking about. She is a very happy person and spreads that happiness wherever she is. This is an attribute of hers that really compliments the gloomy, stern, and serious vibe that always surrounds me. I think that this might be a big reason that I was drawn to her. She is my better half.

Mary is also very supportive. There have been many times throughout my school career where I have been ready to throw in the towel and just be done with the whole school fiasco, but she was always there to uplift and encourage me and persuade me to keep going. I know for a fact that I would not be an Electrical Engineer if I hadn’t married such a wonderfully heartening woman.

Part of her being so supportive has been the help that she has given me with my school work. I don’t know of any other person that would stay up to the wee hours of the morning working out my bad grammar and writing abilities on subjects that she hasn’t the slightest bit of interest or knowledge in. And many times when I have been up doing homework in the office she comes in to be with me with words of encouragement. Even if she sleeps, her presence is always helpful. I can’t help but feel guilty walking up to get a diploma that probably should at least mention her name on it as well.

Mary is also a GREAT mother!!!! I was looking through pictures, trying to find some good ones of her for this blog post and you will notice something about the ones I have; in almost every picture she has one or both of our girls in them. One reason for this is probably because she is usually the one behind the camera and whenever I take over it’s to catch a moment with them, but the biggest reason is because of how much she loves and adores those two cuties. I don’t know how much they realize how lucky they are to have such a GREAT mommy, but I do know that they love her SOOOOOOOOOOO much and just love being around her. It doesn’t take me long after I get home to find out from Tianna what great adventures they had from there playing together, and what a great influence she has on them. There is NO doubt in my mind that I picked the BEST mommy for my kids that I possibly could.

I love the way that Mary loves and is concerned for me. Sometimes it almost feels like I’m in some kind of sporting event and she is my own personal cheerleader, shouting out words to bolster me up. And it’s not just in my school work either. She makes a big deal out of everything that I do and always makes me feel like what I do is important.  She puts up with a LOT sometimes. I know that she is not really into hunting, shooting, horseback riding, etc... the way I am, but she is always finding ways to help me participate in these types of activities and even participates herself when I know that she would probably rather not.I think she is a great example of LONG-SUFFERING!

 Mary is a very spiritual person. I can’t even count the number of times (and me being an Electrical Engineer I can count pretty high) that I was up late doing my homework, or studying for a test, and even during those tests, and I could suddenly feel my burden lightened slightly and things just started working out better, and I knew that she was praying for me. I KNOW that I would not have made it through my classes without her faithful and fervent prayers. Members of her family know how quick she is at going to her knees and how much she has learned to rely on the Lord’s help. This woman has more faith and righteousness in the tip of her little toe than I have in my entire being! I am so grateful that I married someone so virtuous and stalwart. She keeps me in line and makes me strive to be a better man daily, just so that I can be fractionally worthy of her companionship.

 There are many great things about Mary that I could blog about but I’m running out of time to get this posted before things get really hectic for the graduation events, and I really wanted this in place for Mothers Day on Sunday so I’ll wrap it up.

Part of the reason for this blog post is to let everyone know how much I love and appreciate Mary, but MOST of the reason is to tell HER that. Mary, I love you. These past few weeks have been rough for me, but I’ve realized how hard it’s been for you as well and I think that you deserve more recognition for it. I always feel so inadequate to try to formulate some way of telling you how much I love you, and much I appreciate all you do for me. I just don’t have the verbal capacity to do so. YOU COMPLETE ME! I’m less than half a man without you in the equation. You are my everything. THANK YOU!!!  I love you ∞.

P.S. Happy Graduation, (this degree is as much yours as mine)!!!!!!!

P.P.S. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!