I can so happily say I do NOT have a trophy wife! That description doesn’t begin to come close to describing the amazing gift God gave me in my wife. Today as we celebrate her birthday, I’d like to share a little bit about her.

     Don’t get me wrong about the ‘not being a trophy wife’ thing. She’s a total hottie. She’s beautiful. When she sings on stage, she is absolutely radiant. Such joy. Stunning. Hottie. Yep. I don’t know how it’s possible that she just had a baby 13 weeks ago. Total hottie.

     We met on a mission trip with our church to Ukraine. We were both in the group (she sang, I played trumpet). We kind of new each other before the trip, but during the trip was when we really started talking. We tell everyone we fell in love on a boat on the Black Sea. The first thing I remember saying about her was “Wow, she is going to be an awesome mom!”. You know what? I’m a genius! She is the most amazing mother I could ever imagine. I could not hope for a better mother for my 2 sweet girls and my cool stud of a boy. Perfect!

     There is no question she is my other half. She’s certainly the guy in the relationship if I’m the girl. I’m the mushy, sappy one. She’s the one that says “Can we just watch a movie and not talk?” She is a perfect balance to my life. There is no way I would make it without her around. Not a chance.

     If you are an entrepreneur, the most IMPORTANT THING is to have a supportive wife! I can’t stress that enough! There will be all kinds of up and down times when you’re creating projects, ideas and companies. Your wife HAS TO BE behind you or you will go nuts.

     Think about this scenario:

     ”Honey. I’ve got this idea for a toy. It’s a little cricket that chirps anytime there’s an awkward situation. I think I can make this work and we will end up selling millions of them. Now, we may end up putting the house on the line to do it, but I really think it will work”

     Camera pans and zooms in on wife.

     Chirp. Chirp.

     ”Yeah…you could use it for times like right now.”

     My wife is so amazing! What kind of woman tells you to go ahead and make the little toy and go for it? Chase your dreams. Take a shot at it.

     The most beautiful, amazing, supportive and phenomenal woman I could ever dream of. Today on her birthday, I celebrate this amazing woman behind this incredibly goofy, and probably predominantly awkward man. Chirp. Chirp.

     No regrets Dana, I love you!

     As the new season of American Idol gets going, it got me to wondering:

     Do you miss Paula?

     As my entire livelihood is now dependent on awkward moments, I just wanted to look back at the ‘classic’ awkward moment of Paula’s.

Chirp. Chirp.

     There are some people who seem to be a walking advertisement for theCRICKETtoy®. Yep…I miss Paula.

     (yes..I’m now mailing a box of crickets to the American Idol office).

     I’m still looking forward to all the ‘chirpworthy’ moments on American Idol, but I’m afraid they will only come from contestants and not the judges now. When will we her crickets chirping? I wonder if any guest judges will step up their ‘awkward game’ for me. Hhmm. Chirp. Chirp.

     How about you? Do you miss Paula?