I Am So Proud

I received a phone call at work from Sean today. You could hear the smile in his voice and I just knew! But of course I waited. He didn't say, "I got the job!" like most normal people would. He said, "Guess who makes 50% more?!" Haha.

If I wasn't at work I would have jumped out of my seat and screamed at the top of my lungs. I didn't ... I should have, just to see the reactions from my coworkers, haha.

It truly has been a long time coming. Sean interviewed for this same position last year and he was not offered the job.

Thank God that after that rejection he stayed with this company. I know for sure I wouldn't have. I would have done everything in my power to leave but he stayed. Well, let's be honest here. The economy is the reason he stayed because quite frankly unless he wanted a pay cut no one was hiring for the type of job Sean wanted or needed.

God has the perfect timing and I know that God taught Sean that if you truly want something you have to work for it. Nothing is handed to you just because you think you deserve it.

A month ago, he began to get pressed to interview for the position a second time. I was happy he was going to be given a second chance but of course I didn't trust it. Sean didn't trust it most of all. It was humiliating the first time around.

He didn't allow his past experience to deter him and he did everything he could to ensure that this time around he was ready to be interviewed.

Of course, all weekend he talked about everything he should have said better at his interview. He probably didn't get the job because he could tell that the last group of people who interviewed him "were just not feeling him." Blah, blah, blah. At one point, I actually yelled at him to shut up and get positive or I didn't want to hear what he had to say. My bad.

6 years ago, Sean walked into this company with one goal in mind. To be an Operations Manager. It was going to be a difficult task because he just had his Associates at that time. He was a party boy when we were in college and had to leave because the last thing on his mind were classes.

For him to go back home was embarrassing. Being the first one in his family to go to college it was very difficult for him to let his family know that he had failed.

The day he got home, his life changed. He got his Associates, then his Bachelor and just received his Masters a few months ago.

To say I am proud is an understatement. He could have easily allowed many of his past experiences determine what he could do. He could have easily allowed himself to believe he was a failure. He chose not to.

Today, my husband is an Operations Manager. The best part about all of this is that I know this is just the beginning of things he is going to accomplish in his life.

Babe, there is no one in the world that I know, who deserves this more than you. You make me so proud to be called your wife.