I Watch in Awe: An Ode to Edita, my lovely Wife

(Sorry friends, I can’t wait for Mother’s Day to post this composition inspired by my best friend and wife Edith.)

I watched her grow

     from a young woman to becoming a

                   wife

                       mother 

                            grandmother.

And I watched in awe!

I admired her then.

I admire her now-

    even more-

        a hundred and more folds.

She’s strong 

     in faith

         in will

              in character.

She’d battled the strongest storm.

And she never buckled. 

It only made her strong.

And I am in awe!

She first loves God.

And so she’s able 

    to love her imperfect husband 

         perfectly!

She’d given life to a brood of three.

Yes, I love those progenies so deeply.

But her love for them, 

      try as I might,

I cannot equal.  

For God gave her the privilege of

      nurturing them in her womb 

          carrying them with utmost care 

              birthing them in great pain

                  feeding them on her breasts.

While I just watched in awe!

She’s skilled in loving, caring, cooking, cleaning, teaching, providing, protecting, counseling, sacrificing.

On these, I just don’t watch.

Actually, I lead!

But God gave me an excellent helper.

And as she helps me so diligently,

I watch in awe!