A- Altruistic

al·tru·is·tic   

–adjective

1. unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).

It took me awhile to figure out that all girls weren't all sweetness and light. I started to find out that a lot of girls were mean and self absorbed. I remember one time I was on a bus with a bunch of kids from the youth group, and I remember a couple of blonde cheerleaders picking on this girl with thick glasses, buck teeth and messy red hair. I sat and watched these two girls just verbally tear this girl apart. Such a sad thing that a girl would be so insecure about herself, that she would have to dismantle the next girl's self worth so she can feel good about herself. I remember that at an early age, I started to form a picture of the girl I was looking for. Fast forward a few years and I meet a girl... Isn't that always how it starts...

I hear different people talk about this girl named Jenni. They say she's different. She is respected. She is sweet. My interest is piqued and I find myself wanting to talk to her every chance I get. She intrigues me with her mystery. Not because she's necessarily mysterious, but because I'm fairly dense. We find ourselves sitting alone around a bonfire at a friend's party and I'm thinking to myself, this couldn't be anymore perfect. I think any person who has fallen in love remembers that first long conversation. There is so much to learn about the other and time seems to cease to exist in that moment. I am cozying up to the idea of an all night conversation when we notice there is a guy hanging out by himself and we both can tell he wants to join us but doesn't want to interrupt our conversation. So being the caring self-sacrificing friend that I am, I ignore the guy hoping he gets lost. Jenni waves him over and makes him feel welcome. A night long conversation couldn't have taught me more about the girl sitting beside me. She will put aside her own wants and desires, to take care of someone else. She spent two years in Indonesia doing Tsunami relief for the people who suffered and lost almost everything. While some girls are worried about themselves, my wife is seeing to the needs of others... including my own. I'm blessed, and as time goes on I'm finding out just how true that statement is.

Altruistic... Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. This is the first letter of 26 that describe my wife.