Scott Hardy

My buddy Scott just got married today and he has been waiting for this moment all of his life. He is the consummate family man, and he has waited patiently for his true mate all his life. He has remained pure in body and spirit to the ripe old age of 29, which is unfathomable to me. Good luck to him and to his new bride.

2 A.M.

My wife looks like an angel when she sleeps.

Random Molly moments to make you smile # 2

Molly and I were at Emerald Isle. I had double parked our van in front of Food Lion so she could just run in and get a couple of things. So she stops before going in and she is looking at this vending machine in front of the store. It is one of those water machines that you put a quarter in and you put an empty jug under the spout and refill your jug. She kind of cocked her head to the side like an animal does when it is contemplating something or trying to figure something out. Well I knew something good was about to happen. Sure enough, she plopped that quarter in the slot and pressed the button expecting this gallon of water to magically appear from some secret water vault underground. Now for those of you who know my wife you know how loud she squealed when cold water came shooting out of the spicket all over legs and feet. She must have spun twice and jumped three feet into the air. Some other random guy parked in his pickup truck near Molly was shaking, he thought it was so funny. He must have seen the entire thing unfold as well.
What a great start to our day!
Ahh, Good times.

Random Molly moments to make you smile

This one time Molly and I were working at a Children's home in Lake Waccamaw, NC and living with 8 elementary age boys. Well, one day Molly was outside with one of the boys who was suspended from school. There are several hundred pecan trees that cover that campus and they were dropping pecans all over the ground at the time. She was having him pick them up near the house and collect them in a bucket so we could use them in the kitchen. Well, she was helping him pick them up and pointing to little piles of nuts everywhere for him to pick up and I was walking nearby. Now, knowing that when my wife is focused on the task at hand, she can get very intense. I bent over and picked up a pecan and threw it in her direction. It landed about a foot on front of her and she squealed. Thats right, she squealed. She picked it up and put it in her bucket and kept pressing on and never noticed that I was standing 20 feet away nor did she realize that I threw it at her. Being the loving, caring, compassionate, and hard working individual that I am, I decided that I couldn't let the opportunity for me to help her collect pecans to pass me by. So I started to pick them up around me and throw them at my wife still working diligently 20 feet away.

"Ooo look, another one." , "another one!", "*shriek!*", " *squeal!*".

At this point I was laughing so hard I almost wet myself watching her running around in little circles chasing after these little phantom nuts that seemed to be falling from the sky like manna from heaven. I don't think she even realized that there wasn't a tree close enough to her to be producing all of these nuts for her. It finally registered that someone was laughing nearby and when she figured out what I had been doing she threw all the pecans back at me.
Hilarious.
Only Molly.

Molly - My wife, my best friend.

Where to begin...





How do I love thee let me count the ways;


One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand...





Molly.
I sure do appreciate her.
She tries hard to be Betty Crocker, Suzy Homemaker, Martha Stewart, Heidi Fleiss, and Supermom every day. She has more projects in motion and unfinished than I will probably ever complete in my life. She has fantastic aspirations and wonderful dreams for herself and her family. Here are some things that I know about the amazing woman that is Molly.

She is a spiritual leader. If you are down and out, looking for comfort, and willing to share yourself with her, there is no better person on Earth to talk to.

She is very strong in her Christian faith. She loves Jesus and it shows in her daily walk. You won't have to know her for long before you can see the bond that she has with her risen Lord.

She loves with all of her heart. She gives when there is nothing else to give. She is fiercly loyal to her friends and family, and won't let them be taken advantage of.

She is enthusiastic and laughs alot. She has a tremendous sense of humor and delights in simple things. It does not take much to make her happy.

She would rather teach or play some silly game or read to our son than do pretty much anything else. As a stay at home mother, she has the luxury of spending oodles of quality time with him.

I cannot say how deeply that I love her and what a blessing it is to have her in my life.