what gets me through

--an intelligent and graceful wife who is talented and gifted and loved by all who know her

--two daughters who are more than we could have asked for or imagined and who are more than I deserve

--a church family who bless me by allowing me to think through Scripture with them

--gainful employment that means far more than a paycheck

--steadfast friends whose companionship and spiritual comradery transcends miles

--in-laws who are anything but out-laws, but who are as much family as blood-kin

--former students who make me proud to have been their teacher