Author Thom Lemmons Pays Tribute to His Wife
My guest today is Thom Lemmons, a Christy Award winning author, has taken this opportunity to pay tribute to his wife’s creativitiy and excellence in her medium-human lives, futures. Here’s Thom:
“My wife thinks she isn’t creative; I do my best to convince her that nothing could be farther from the truth.
She has read my books (bless her!) and even likes some of them (bless her even more!). But as a result of observing my literary and other efforts, she sometimes compares herself unfavorably, lamenting her own lack of creativity.
But my wife is an artist of dynamic impact, even though she sometimes doesn’t recognize it. Her medium? Human lives. Her format? Teaching. Karla is a professional educator, and she creates masterpieces every single day.
In fact, I tell Karla that she is the Michaelangelo of teaching.
You don’t even have to take my word for it. Back in the late 1980s, when she started her teaching career in a tough inner-city school in San Antonio, Karla received the Outstanding New Teacher award for her school system. A couple of years later, when she moved to a school system in a smaller community, she repeated her achievement, winning the Outstanding New Teacher award.
Karla moved on to higher education, where she now inspires college kids to go out and become the type of teacher she was when she was in public schools. Her passion and commitment comes through loud and clear; I can’t even count the number of letters and emails Karla has gotten from her students who have gone into classrooms of their own and got back in touch to tell her how much she impacted their desire to teach and their child-centered philosophy of education.
Just a couple of days ago, Karla was notified by the college of education at the university where she now teaches that she was selected by her students as a recipient of the college’s Excellence in Teaching award. I’m so proud of her I could burst. And I’m not surprised. As I said, she’s a master… a genius… a Michaelangelo.–Thom
Thom, thanks for letting us share this tribute to your wife. I also want to feature your latest book:
–-Thom Lemmons is the author of Blameless (2007, WaterBrook), a contemporary retelling of the biblical story of Job.
To learn more about Thom, visit his website.
