A Prayer of Faith

Deciding to one-up Naiah’s distaste for writing bios, I outsourced this introductory post to a guy I trust (who also works cheap).

Asked to introduce my wife to an online audience, I’d like for her audience to know the following ten things about her:

Téa has always been:

• Red-haired, naturally, but with eyebrows and, I think, without the temper that is supposed to accompany such a complexion and hue of locks.
• Smarter than she gives herself credit for, and about as smart as most people tell themselves that they are. She is also a pretty darn good researcher. If you want to know something and can’t find it anywhere, consider asking her.
• Inclined to point out/root out folly wherever she sees it. This includes returning French fries that should have been tossed 15 minutes before they were served to her, even if it means waiting another five minutes to go through the drive-thru again. She was also not afraid to skip class in high school to heckle Dan Quayle while he was on election tour in ’92.
• More sure of her opinions than herself. This tends to get her in trouble sometimes, because she will very rightly and unabashedly state her opinion and then ask herself, and perhaps obsess over, whether she overstepped her bounds by expressing said opinion. Hence, if you should ever be rightly corrected by her and later apologized to, think of the apology as a belated concern for your feelings rather than a validation of your erroneous views.
• Prone to mama-bear tendencies when someone bullies her children. Granted, this didn’t evidently surface until she had her first child at age 20, but it has its roots in her protective attitude towards her little sister. This was perhaps best exemplified when Téa caused the boy who was bullying her little sister at the bus stop to wet himself when Téa told him that ‘if anything ever happens to her, and you’re not the one who did it, you’d better know who did.’

Téa has not always been:

• A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, she was raised a staunch atheist and remained so until taking the missionary discussions and being baptized February of her senior year in high school.
• Able to forgive people that have wronged her or those she loves. She says that the power of the Atonement has certainly been realized in her life in that respect.
• Someone who planned to have children. In fact, through most of her teenage years, she had a firm conviction that she would die before she turned 18. Fortunately, she has lived several years past that and proved to be very good at having children. We have five. They are all unique, delightful and, at times, cute beyond reason.
• A big fan of Barenaked Ladies. We were late fans. They Might Be Giants, on the other hand found a place in her heart instantly and they remain there to this day, but still tour occasionally.
• Aware of how to make the é appear in her name on a computer. She has since learned several different ways of producing it—the simplest being ALT 130
• And an eleventh–willing to let me introduce her to an audience of total and near strangers. May I say it has been an unprecedented honor.

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