It's sad that on the same day the nation laid to rest a man who loved his wife more than himself, another man well-known in this nation would choose to announce that he and his wife of ten years are divorcing.
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh declared Friday on his radio broadcast, "I can imagine a number of you just freaking out over hearing that the most important reason Reagan had the confidence and courage to truly change the world was his wife but I, frankly, believe it."
Ironically, it was on that same day Limbaugh announced to the press that he and his wife Marta are separating, calling it "a personal matter." They had each been married twice before. Apparently the third time is not a charm, at least in marriage.
Rush Limbaugh spent some time Friday praising Mrs. Reagan, quoting Dr. Laura Schlessinger's new book The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, and heralding Myrna Blyth's "great column on wives." He said, "She [Nancy Reagan] didn't at all subordinate herself, and nobody ever thought that she subordinated herself... She just loved him! She just loved him and she knew who he was and let him be who he was -- and look, he never left her side. The premise of Dr. Laura's book is, if I can boil it down is, just: the happiest woman in the world is the woman who lets her husband be who he is. ...[President Reagan is] who he was because he found the right woman. Pure and simple. He's who he was because he found the right woman. So that's a great tribute to her."
And obviously an insult to Limbaugh's soon-to-be x-wife.
"This whole week, I think, has the power and the potential to actually be not just a wake-up call, but a calling to a higher purpose for a number of people who have seen it," claimed Limbaugh. I agree. I just wish that Mr. and Mrs. Limbaugh would have had let it serve to remind them of the higher purpose behind life and marriage: bringing glory to God and showing His love to others.
Because each eulogy I hear, every tribute I read, every Reagan quotation I find, I am continually more thankful, encouraged, and inspired. I am thankful for the legacy of President Ronald Reagan, for the example he has been to our nation and its leaders. I am encouraged to hear the way others pay tribute to him, hoping that in some way they will follow his example now that he has passed the baton of leadership on to them. And I am inspired to be the kind of wife Nancy Reagan was, to love and support my husband as she loved and supported hers.
Speaking of Laura Schlessinger's book, columnist Myrna Blyth explains, "Laura's premise is simple: Men have unique needs that should be respected. They want to be cared for and loved. They don't want to be criticized and nagged. (When I read the previous sentence out loud to my husband, he just grinned and nodded.)" Laura Schlessinger says, "In truth men are fairly simple. They are born and raised by women. The acceptance and love of a woman is central to their whole lives. The woman, who knows that and is wise enough to use that power benevolently will have a happy life."
As Myrna Blyth noted in column in the National Review, "Because of the way she [Nancy] cared for him [President Reagan], he could remain optimistic and resolute and effective as he cared for us. Unlike so many wives who are always criticizing, always asking their husbands to change, she loved him just the way the he was. That may be the most important reason he had the confidence and courage to truly change our world. ...What we were watching, of course, was a love story, the real thing, starring a woman who didn't mind being 'the woman behind the man,' not because he was a great man (which he was), but because she truly adored him. He, in turn, was a man who, even when he had forgotten his many glory years, was still trying to pick a rose in a neighbor's garden for his beloved 'lady.'"
Theirs is the kind of marriage I want to have. The way Mrs. Reagan honored, respected, and supported her husband is the way I want to honor, respect, and support my husband someday. When someone someday summarizes the way I treated my husband, I want them to say, "She just loved him." And I hope that, like Nancy Reagan's huband, my husband will never leave my side. I don't want a 10-year marriage that ends in dividing a $24 million ocean-front mansion. I want to be married "until death do us part." Even if that means pain, tears, and long goodbyes. Because that, as Nancy Reagan has said, is the living out of love.
Read more about the Living Out of Love.
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh declared Friday on his radio broadcast, "I can imagine a number of you just freaking out over hearing that the most important reason Reagan had the confidence and courage to truly change the world was his wife but I, frankly, believe it."
Ironically, it was on that same day Limbaugh announced to the press that he and his wife Marta are separating, calling it "a personal matter." They had each been married twice before. Apparently the third time is not a charm, at least in marriage.
Rush Limbaugh spent some time Friday praising Mrs. Reagan, quoting Dr. Laura Schlessinger's new book The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, and heralding Myrna Blyth's "great column on wives." He said, "She [Nancy Reagan] didn't at all subordinate herself, and nobody ever thought that she subordinated herself... She just loved him! She just loved him and she knew who he was and let him be who he was -- and look, he never left her side. The premise of Dr. Laura's book is, if I can boil it down is, just: the happiest woman in the world is the woman who lets her husband be who he is. ...[President Reagan is] who he was because he found the right woman. Pure and simple. He's who he was because he found the right woman. So that's a great tribute to her."
And obviously an insult to Limbaugh's soon-to-be x-wife.
"This whole week, I think, has the power and the potential to actually be not just a wake-up call, but a calling to a higher purpose for a number of people who have seen it," claimed Limbaugh. I agree. I just wish that Mr. and Mrs. Limbaugh would have had let it serve to remind them of the higher purpose behind life and marriage: bringing glory to God and showing His love to others.
Because each eulogy I hear, every tribute I read, every Reagan quotation I find, I am continually more thankful, encouraged, and inspired. I am thankful for the legacy of President Ronald Reagan, for the example he has been to our nation and its leaders. I am encouraged to hear the way others pay tribute to him, hoping that in some way they will follow his example now that he has passed the baton of leadership on to them. And I am inspired to be the kind of wife Nancy Reagan was, to love and support my husband as she loved and supported hers.
Speaking of Laura Schlessinger's book, columnist Myrna Blyth explains, "Laura's premise is simple: Men have unique needs that should be respected. They want to be cared for and loved. They don't want to be criticized and nagged. (When I read the previous sentence out loud to my husband, he just grinned and nodded.)" Laura Schlessinger says, "In truth men are fairly simple. They are born and raised by women. The acceptance and love of a woman is central to their whole lives. The woman, who knows that and is wise enough to use that power benevolently will have a happy life."
As Myrna Blyth noted in column in the National Review, "Because of the way she [Nancy] cared for him [President Reagan], he could remain optimistic and resolute and effective as he cared for us. Unlike so many wives who are always criticizing, always asking their husbands to change, she loved him just the way the he was. That may be the most important reason he had the confidence and courage to truly change our world. ...What we were watching, of course, was a love story, the real thing, starring a woman who didn't mind being 'the woman behind the man,' not because he was a great man (which he was), but because she truly adored him. He, in turn, was a man who, even when he had forgotten his many glory years, was still trying to pick a rose in a neighbor's garden for his beloved 'lady.'"
Theirs is the kind of marriage I want to have. The way Mrs. Reagan honored, respected, and supported her husband is the way I want to honor, respect, and support my husband someday. When someone someday summarizes the way I treated my husband, I want them to say, "She just loved him." And I hope that, like Nancy Reagan's huband, my husband will never leave my side. I don't want a 10-year marriage that ends in dividing a $24 million ocean-front mansion. I want to be married "until death do us part." Even if that means pain, tears, and long goodbyes. Because that, as Nancy Reagan has said, is the living out of love.
Read more about the Living Out of Love.
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