God actually gave me the opportunity to not only meet this person, but, He gave me the privilege to meet, date, fall in love, and marry this person. As life usually is, it has been a roller coaster of deep valleys and high mountains. To all my friends (who thought I would end up marrying a senator or a political activist a surprise was in store for them {and me to}).
I was "the ultimate fake party girl - dressed to the hilt, in my size 5 tight party jeans, beautiful eye-catching blouse, driving my brand new sports car, dancing and drinking the weekend away as usual until Monday, when real life returns. A job that I hated, but payed well (Assistant to two Account Administrators in an award-winning Advertising Agency) makes a great resume'.
Anyway, "My Everyday Hero" (which is usually overlooked in this kind of world we live in now) saw right through the whole fake life I was living. For the last 23 years, he gave me the ultimate gift of being able to stay home and raise our two wonderful children. He actually saw what I had not even realized at that time. He showed me I was a wonderful mother, who had low self-esteem, no confidence in myself and that the life I had been living was shallow, and after my friends went home and the bars closed, "the life of the party" dragged herself home, cried herself to sleep. I was diagnosed as bi-polar and had post traumatic stress disorder with severe anxiety and panic attacks. Under all the pretty clothes, the perfect blonde hair, perfect make-up was me: a scared little girl, who grew up way to fast and the wild parties and wild weekends were just a form of self medication (something we learned together after many doctors, psychiatrists, medication and crying on his shoulder and constant long talks lasting way into the middle of the night would slowly bring out what he saw that first night a long time ago).
Our story and marriage is something for a long auto-biography or actually a long fairy tale to be told a long time from now because it's still happening. That's why 23 years later I still call him my knight-in-shining-armor and he still calls me his angel. And that definitely qualifies him as one of "Your Everyday Heroes"!!! I will always be grateful for the best gift anyone could ever wish for. He's the best dad, the best provider and the best husband ever made and why he was given to me I can only guess.
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We've all had people in our lives who have made a positive impact on us. A parent or grandparent, a sibling who was there for us, or maybe even just a guy who shines shoes for a living? Whoever they are, tell us their story so they can inspire us even more.
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