As usual in preparing for a new episode, I have been looking through old notes and letters that Thomas and I wrote to each other. There I find confirmations of the things that I remember. In a card at the end of the year after our fifth child was born, I wrote; “Thank you for another special year together. You are a faithful and patient husband. Thank you for all your help with the children, especially during the pregnancy and the months with our new born. I pray for you and wish you much strength and clarity of direction from the Holy Spirit. You are my best friend, I love you.”

We had been together for sixteen years by then and were still learning every year how to love and take care of each other better. Our writings also show how the truth of the scriptures worked itself out in our marriage that I talked about in the last episode. Here is an example from Thomas of how he expressed those principles.