The Excellent Wife

 Some wonderful friends of mine have a bible study each week. Our newest study is a book titled "The Excellent Wife" by Martha Peace. This past week we started Chapter 1... The Excellent Wife: Who Can Find?


I feel that every married woman wants to be the most amazing wife she can be. I want to make my husband happy, I want him to know how much I adore and love him. Being in a marriage requires us to resist indulging in selfishness and to love another more than ourselves. While God has blessed me with a man that makes it very easy to love, I do have to fight the everyday human urge to be selfish. The first chapter of this book stated very simply that we need to put our faith and trust in God in order to be on our way to an excellent, Prov. 31 kind of wife. The truth is I wouldn't be any kind of wife without the Lord guiding me and stirring in my heart. PT is one of the greatest gifts God has ever given me and I want to do everything in my power to love him the way that God intends me to. I may never be the kind of woman that has a gourmet meal on the table at the same time every night, or irons clothes perfectly, or has a spotless home and is dressed to the nines every day. I may be a little messy, a little silly, a little imperfect but isn't that the point? While I may not be the perfect wife, I can be an excellent with my trust and faith in the Lord. If I continue to cling to Him, my love for my husband will shine through all of my flaws.

The Way I Am

For PT

forever.

Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days.

"I loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you, what would be more reasonable than to marry you?"

Three Hundred and Sixty Five days ago I woke up and felt like I was dreaming. I slept in a king size bed at the Hilton and when I awoke the next morning the room seemed to have a glow. Hanging on the floor size mirror on the wall was my wedding gown. Radiant and white and so perfect I didn't want to touch it. As my eyes moved from the dress I would wear as I became PT's wife, there was a knock on the door. Immediately I was overcome with the realness of this day, this was not a dream. This was the day I had been waiting for since I saw Cinderella. This was the day that I would marry my best friend, today he would be mine forever and as that realization came over me I stood to answer the door.

It was my maid and  matron of honor. Sarah was holding a bag full of bobby pins, and tissues while Jenny had foundation applicators and a lighter for our unity candle (another story for another time). We talked about the day and how I had slept as we ate breakfast.

After we ate the hours before the ceremony are blurbs of people rushing in and out of the hotel room, the brunch with my bridesmaids, my mother, grandmothers and all the special women in my life, videographer, photographer, hair, make up, and so on all morph together in those hours of preparing to walk down that aisle. We laughed and talked and prayed and spent the afternoon anticipating the moment we'd been talking about for the past 13 months.

Much of that day was a blur, an exciting and emotional blur of time that runs together in my mind with smiles and laughter and love and joy but I remember one moment very clearly. As my father took my arm and the church doors opened I remember PT's face. I remember looking straight into his eyes unaware of the people around, the beautiful church, or the long walk that was taking place. I wanted nothing but PT. I remember thinking this is it. This is the moment that I will marry the man God planned for me. I smiled and could not get to him soon enough.

We said our vows, we kissed, and we were pronounced "Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tragos".

 Three Hundred and Sixty Five days ago I got to meet the man of my dreams at the end of the aisle and begin a life with him. This past year has been full of new adventures but one thing has stayed exactly the same as the day I married PT. I want nothing but him. On that day nothing else mattered but my husband and I feel the same today. We can be anywhere, doing anything and as long as he is by my side, I am content. He is my best friend, and the love of my life.

Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days ago I made the best decision of my life.

Can I get a Woop Woop?

20 Things

In light of our upcoming 1 Year anniversary I thought I would share some facts about PT & I:)

1. We LOVE to eat, we both get really excited about going out to dinner (PT likes the meal, I get giddy over dessert).

2. We like to shop, it doesn't matter where we are we can both find something that we have to buy.

3. We both talk a LOT, and we are both LOUD.

4. PT is competitive. I am not. PT begins trash talking, I become competitive.

5. PT tucks me in to bed every night. Usually without my yelling, "Peeterrrr come tuck me in" from the bedroom.

6. I always lose things and PT always finds them.

7. PT has sat in the passenger seat maybe five times in the 3 years that we've been together. I am not a good driver.

8. Our shared love for reality television bonds us.

9. We fell in love while making smoothies in college. Blended fruit beverages will always hold a special place in our hearts.

10. We're always laughing, usually at each other.

11. I am older than PT. by 3 weeks & 6 days.

12. PT likes to tickle me until I'm lying about something hurting or trying to cause physical harm to him.

13. If self restraint did not exist, we would both eat fast food every day.

14. PT refuses to admit that I am athletic. I've beat him bowling, once.

15. We go through ketchup bottles like it's our job.

16. We love the Noles.

17. PT & I have more fun searching through movies on Netfliix and laughing at what they are about than we do actually picking a movie and watching it.

18. We eat dinner on our coffee table.

19. PT once sent me on a scavenger hunt with clues and a rose at each spot and I ended up on his family's dock where he was waiting for me with the last rose and a proposal! (bestdayofmylife.com)

20. We are totally BFFs.

Sigh.

Congrats Will & Kate

In all reality it's probably not Disney-esque. I'm sure birds don't come chirping at their window and I'm sure not every day is spent riding on a white horse, but I like to imagine it to be. 

Every girl dreams of marrying a prince, but only a select few get to. 

Like my girl Kate, and I of course:)

PT is my Prince Charming.