Heroes

This post is in reply to my kid-sister’s blog post found at the below link.

My Sister's Blog for March 13th, 2006



A very appropriate answer my dear sister. If I had attempted to answer this I would have defiantly had a different answer, but only because of life circumstance at this moment. With my friend dying in Iraq, he is one of my Heroes. With my husband being awarded a purple heart for wounds received in Daharan, he is one of my Hero's. With my children having to cope with having their mother being ill at a time in the life when they need a well mother, they are two of my Hero's. With my brother following his dreams even when he get's frustrated, he is one of my Hero's. With my parent’s surving a tumulus marriage, they are two of my Hero's. With my husband's parents being some of the best and non-interfering IL's EVER, they are two of my Hero's. And you my sister, for having the courage to stand up for your faith, to not look back on your mistakes and to recognize God's greatest gift, you are one of my Hero's. And then Jesus who without His sacrifice I would have no Hero's. For God is the author of all, and it goes without saying that He is my Hero,THE Hero, and the underlying reason for all the others.

Today- 12 March 06

Today

Today is my husband’s 31st birthday. He is not a birthday person so…no party, no card, no cake. But I wanted to acknowledge somewhere, somehow that he was born today. It’s important to me, even if it isn’t to him. If he had not been born my life would have been so different. I am so glad that he was born today, that I couldn’t even fathom my life without him.
My husband Torrey Shondell was born March 12th, 1975 to Sylvia and a man who we don’t acknowledge accept to say that he donated sperm. Now I’m glad he donated his sperm but that is probably one of the few things of great note in that man’s life. My husband was born in Toledo, Ohio. His mother divorced the sperm donor and they moved to Columbus, Ohio. Here his mother met and married my husbands’ true father Jonathan Hardy when Torrey was 3. His family stayed in Columbus and he grew up there, where I later met him at a performance in 1993. We were both participating in a collaborative performance between the High School Dance Department and the Career Center Instrumental Music Department. We were both well know in both departments but had never heard of or seen the other. Our mutual friends thought this was rather funny and conspired for us to meet. It worked and from the moment he said hello I was his. The rest they say is history. We married in the summer of 1995 and have been together ever since.
My husband has been the driving force in my life since that first hello. He has always pushed me to be my best even when I doubted myself. He has literally kept me alive through some of my worst trials. I must say that this man’s birth changed my life. To God I am forever grateful for forming this man in your mind to be the companion you knew I would NEED.