Thursday, August 30, 2007

My Hero

My husband is the greatest and I think the whole world should know. He has probably had the roughest week, but he accomplished sooo much despite all the crazy circumstances. I don' t have pictures of what all he did yet, but I will get them for you. The week started with what we thought was a gas leak. We ended up evacuating our house early Sunday morning, missing church, and then finding a foot of water in our crawl space. At first we thought it had come from the flooding earlier that week, but a day later, when Billy inspected it further, we discovered it was because our hot water tank had exploded, and was dispelling water everywhere. Fortunately, our furnace still works, which saved us a bunch of $$$. Not only did Billy have to get a new water heater, at every turn there was a new problem to solve because of the size of our crawl space compared to the size of water heaters, along with building codes that needed to be updated, and the price of install was ridiculous. So, Billy being the genius that he is, was able to figure out all those problems, buy a new water heater, cut pipes, repair wires, install new equipment to meet code requirements, and finish the job virtually by himself. I do need to mention however, two young men that were instrumental in helping my husband get the heavy awkward water heater down a 19" wide hole into a 6' deep crawl space, so that my husband did not die. To them I am very grateful. Their names are Matt and Kyle. Thanks guys!

I just wanted to let everyone know how proud I am of this man, and the perseverence I saw in him this week was amazing. I am thanking God so much that I am married to someone like him, and that he will be such a good example to his son, let alone everyone else he comes in contact with. What an example of dedication and hard work, sticking to a job until it is fully completed.

4 comments:

Joe Clarke said...

Yeah billy! You rock socks for keepin ya head up and takin it on the chin and just dishin it back!! So do Matt and Kyle mad props for helpin a brother out. Not to brag on them even more, but those guys helped my older brother move home for basically no reason other than I had mentioned that I was helping Paul move in, and there was a LOT of stuff. Mad props to pregnant lady for keeping cool during the week!! Mad props to everybody YAYYYY! Ok I'm done.

Laura Siegrist said...

wow. what an adventure. if he's that good with a water heater, just imagine how helpful he will be with little billy! i have discovered my husband's inner helpfulness/geniousness/wonderfulness with our baby. it's amazing what comes out when your life changes! way to go billy!

Anonymous said...

Julie:
Those are nice thoughts and Bill is in fact a hero, at least for last week.
You are our heroine for encouraging him and more importantly for carrying your son (and our grandson) for seven loooong months.
We love you both and praise the Lord for putting the two (almost three) of you together.
Love,
Mom and Dad

no simple highway said...

yay billy! hahaha. and kyle and matt.

billy - i have a question by the way....
I will email you....