Operation Gratitude: Flying Free

The late Sister Marjorie Hinckley (Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley's wife) once said this about Pres. Hinckley:

"He always let me do my own thing. He never insisted that I do anything his way, or any way, for that matter. From the very beginning he gave me space and let me fly. He never tells me what to do. He just lets me go. He has made me feel like a real person. He has encouraged me to do whatever makes me happy. He doesn't try to rule or dominate me."

I am grateful for a wife who does that for me - who gives me space and lets me fly. Who encourages me to do my best, but doesn't insist I do things her way, even if she'd prefer it. Who doesn't force me to get a hair cut because she thinks it's getting too long, and who doesn't mind when I grow a beard (some women mind, you know). :) I'm grateful she would never withhold affection or intimacy from me if I didn't conform to exactly what she wanted, and that she doesn't try to rule or dominate me.

And by the same token, I would never do that to her. I would never tell her to have a certain body type or hairstyle, or to act or be a certain way. I'm grateful that we love and trust each other, and that we encourage each other to be the very best we can be.