Tara my darling,
Let me quickly confess that the idea to write you a public love letter is Debbie’s idea but I think it’s a great one! The lady’s is simply brilliant.
The contents of the letter on the other hand, come straight from my heart and I hope it pleasantly surprises you as much as the thought excites me as I write.
As my pen meets the paper, my mind travels back a few years to July 1999, just before we started dating. We were walking down together along Ilabere Avenue, Ikoyi, just as the sun was setting and we were playing those mind games “what do you want in a marriage?”
I remember how startled you were when I told you that I was going to be a HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND OF A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WIFE. At that time, you mentioned how the world thinks this is impossible, either the husband succeeds and the wife does not or vise-versa. I remember you told me how intimidated most men could be with highly successful wives. “But ………….”, you said with a smile.
Well my darling, time has proven me right …… Today, God has been fantastic and wonderful to us both and not only have we been blessed with great success in both our endeavors, I strongly believe that the greatest success we’ve seen so far is in the beauty of our marriage.
I mean every word when people ask me all over the world what my best decision has been and I reply “it’s following God’s instruction to ask you to marry me”. You are the greatest of God’s blessings to me ………….., more than life itself.
I keep saying that no other woman could have been meant for me. How many women do you know that would marry a guy in a boy’s quarter that serves as a bedroom and office at the same time? Not many, if any would
bet their life on a man who had not much more than a great vision of his future.
Tara darling, almost everyday you say that, I’m the best husband that any woman could have asked for but quite frankly, I think you make the best man that I can possibly be.
You’ve been my best friend since the first time we spoke while I was on that Phillips Consulting assignment to Bauchi. Four years later and you are still my best friend and closest confidant today. It’s amazing!
We’ve defied the law of “love fades away’. With you, it’s LOVE GROWS. I don’t know how you make me but I find myself waking up each day loving you more. You know it’s true every time I tell you that I love you greatly but I also like you amazingly. Remember the text I sent to you on how much just speaking to you on the phone is like oxygen? Perhaps, that’s why we call each other every hour we are not together.
(Just for your information dear reader, I just took a 3-minute break to take Tara’s call. She just wanted to hear my voice and tell me she loves me. See what I’m saying?) How could I not be a fantastic husband to such an incredible wife? I really don’t have any other options do I?
My darling, this is just to let you and the whole world know that the last three years since we’ve been married have been the most wonderful of my life and it keeps getting better each passing year. It is true when the Bible says, “the path of the righteous shines brighter and brighter …………” I love how we rededicate our vows each year. You are the best birthday present God ever gave me.
(Dear reader, Tara and I got married on my 30th birthday)
And how can I thank you enough for those two wonderful boys you’ve given me? I wonder what I’ll do when my daughter arrives. Get ready for unprecedented pampering.
I think with excitement of how we will grow old graciously together. Every time I think of you in your seventies, it puts a smile on my face. I’m sure you’ll be the funkiest 70-year old chick on the face of the planet. And you can be sure I’ll be the grooviest 76-year old bloke to ‘represent’.
Our children need to watch out for this ‘never grow old ‘ lovebirds they call their parents but the real trip for me is that we’re chosen to be role models for our future generations and I think we are well on our way to doing this.
You know I always say that a husbandman is a ‘Grooms’man, a gardener who tends his plant (his wife) into a beautiful vineyard. That is where a ‘Grooms’man differs from a ‘hunter’. The hunter takes a beautiful thing and kills it but the ‘Grooms’man takes a seed and tends it into an incredibly beautiful garden.
I am committed to working with God to bring out the best you that God has put in you. I am determined on seeing all of God’s dreams for you come to pass. Today, it’s House of Tara, in a short while, the WORLD OF TARA would soon become a reality, the multi-national empire that reveals the real beauty in every woman from the four corners of the world.
The WORLD OF TARA is truly a beautiful world where every woman has been Tara-rized into the beautiful queens and princesses that God made them to be. I wont reveal the strategy, but you can trust God it will be real.
It’s amazing how real you have remained despite all the hype. Stay real girl because the world hasn’t seen anything like what the Lord is about to do through your life. Mary Kay would rise to salute you on the day of rapture.
My darling, I remember that night in Jo’burg, South Africa back in October, 1999 standing alone in God’s presence and asking him about you. He had asked me to read through Proverbs 31 woman and as I read through, your image was being captured from the pages of the scriptures.
I’m convinced God had you in mind when he inspired the writing of Proverbs 31’s wife of noble character.
I am so happy to praise you publicly and say, “many women do noble things, but you surpass them all”. Indeed, Tara is a woman who fears the Lord, therefore, dear reader; join me to give her the reward she’s earned.
I love you baby, for the rest of my life.
With all my love in my heart,
Your husband,
SINGLE BUT NOT STUPID 