I made an earlier blog about myself and promised that I would try to explain more about the man behind the keyboard and this blog. Since I said that a few years ago, I suppose it is time that I try to fulfill that promise. (This is very long so I had to break it into two parts.)
It is always hard to tell someone about yourself as a person. Always easy to talk about others but try to really explain “you” to someone that may not even know you. That is sort of what it is like when you are doing a job interview. They always tend to ask you something about yourself, from both a positive and negative way. But in this sense I am going to try to tell you about me.
I am a Husband, a Father, and an Engineer. The first two I take very seriously and do the best I can at those. The latter I am still learning and slowly advancing in my career and knowledge base. (Truthfully I am still learning on all of them.) So now I will break each one down to try to give some insight into me and my personality. (I hope I can do that. HAHA!)
Husband:
Where to start on this? I would say that I would have to start at my wife. She is my foundation in life and means everything to me. Many times I have to thank her for being there for me and even after I say thank you I honestly don’t think she realizes how important she is to me. Before we started dating we were friends. I would say close friends because we could share anything with one another and knew that the other wouldn’t judge. She was a shoulder to cry on when I needed it and I did my best to return the favor. There were many days that I wasn’t sure I could go on with life. It seemed like everything was crashing down and the world would be much better off without me. Yes I will openly admit that I contemplated suicide. (On more than one occasion too.) But when I was around her, it gave me a meaning to be there. Not just for a short time but it was as if I had a purpose and she was that purpose. Even though we were only friends at that time.
After my divorce was finalized, we talked about taking our friendship to the next level and try dating. Both of us were recently divorced and we were both afraid of doing the whole “rebound relationship” thing. We took things slow and we both found we were comfortable when we were together. Felt safe and appreciated. So after a time we moved in together and now we are where we are.
But I suppose I need to get more to the point of being a husband. I have done everything I can do to make sure my family is provided for and that my beautiful wife has what she needs to take care of this crazy house we live in. Over the course of 5 years, I attended college to earn a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. (Making me the first engineer of my family and only one of a handful that actually graduated from college.) During that timeframe, I was laid off from 5 different jobs. At one point, I was unemployed from March to the first part of August. But at no point did my family do without. I made sure we had food on the table and a roof over our heads.
So in the end, I guess you could say that I have been a damn good husband and provided for my family in the way I should.
End of Part 1
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