Friday, October 28, 2011

I want everyone to know how proud I am of m wife, Adinete.

We first met in Brazil in 1968 and we came to the United States in 1971.  At that time she spoke very little English and had  less than a high school education in Brazil.

From that time until 1982 I managed (or mismanaged) finances. 

We were separated as a result of my stupidity in 1982.  On January 31, 1993 we remarried after being apart for nine years.

During that time she reared our children, worked at two and three jobs, and paid off a thirty-year mortgage we incurred in 1979. 

When we remarried I turned the management of our finances over to Adinete.  Using the equity in the house she paid off, she has acquired five additional houses. Since then two of the houses have been sold.

We have been able to visit Brazil every couple of years or so for periods of three to six months. She bought two houses: 0ne in Olinda, Pernambuco and one in Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, where our son, William lives.

On our last trip to Brazil Adinete arranged to sell the Olinda house for an amount three times what she paid for it in 2000.

But Adinete did not stop there.  This week she leveraged the sale of that house into the purchase of TWO houses here in Alamo and closed the transfers today.

Besides being a supreme wife, she is also a great mother and grandmother.  She never lets me go to sleep hungry.  She cares about my health.  She always has a snack for the grandkids when they come home from school.  On my 69th birthday she gave me a new pickup and recently replaced my old recliner with a new one. 

Because of her natural intelligence, her innate money sense, her loving nature, and all her other superb abilities, including her determination and fiery temper, we are living a fulfilling life together.

And we thank GOD for this bounty every day!