Well, I certainly do not find anything simple minded about my wife. She held a masters degree in Ukraine and after being here in the US for only 18 months started on her BA 4 year degree. She aced that and graduated number one in her class with a 3.957 GPA. Now, she's on her way to a PhD. We have been married for over 8 years and I have to say, her values are much more in tune with what we used to call the American Way of holding family, education and loyalty in tough times and good times as a priority then the current crop of self-absorbed American women.
We we got married, her daughter was just 10. We were both widows, losing our mates at young ages, (Very young for her at age 23). Her daughter is a senior in college at only age 18, having skipped 3 grades here in the US. She's going to be a brain surgeon. She's a real beauty, like her mom, but she is putting her education, not boys, first.
My wife has brought out the best in me. She always said I wrote beautiful letters and I would write stories to her when she lived in Ukraine. She told me I should write a book. I did and I got a publishing contract right away. No one could believe it. I don't know if you believe in God or not, but my wife is a strong believer. When my first wife died, I turned my back on God. She brought me back to religion. Is God real? Yes, because every moring that I wake up with my wife, I know that she is God's gift to me and I hope that I am to her as well.
Chris
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