by Tyrolyn M. Redmond

The reason why you are having a hard time finding Mr. Right is because he lives with me and I have him on a tight leash. I can't have him out there too long. I can't run the risk of someone taking him away.

To whom am I referring? My husband, Sean D. Redmond, of course. He creates a whole new definition form "Superman", which is what I call him. We have been together for 16 years, and married for 11 years. As a matter of fact, our anniversary is this Sunday, August 15th.

Why is he so great? Because there is nothing that he can't do. For as long as I have known him, he has been actively involved in two things other than me - church and sports. He was either running track or playing football and basketball, coaching others to excel in those areas, or organizing the youth programs at whatever church we happened to be attending at the time. Together, we planned youth activities, trips, conferences, bible study classes, you name it. As long as I have known him, he has never had a problem giving of himself to help others, and it seems like he is happiest when he does. Children love him, and are most comfortable with him. They listen and respond to him. Because of that, we have about six children that our own little girls call brothers and sisters, because we have become their surrogate parents. On any given weekend, we would have 10 kids that weren't even our own at our house. He would just smile and say, "Who wants to ride with me to the grocery store?"

Now, he is a teacher and a coach, like I am, and his students are calling him "Daddy". We both teach Special Education, and our students need strong positive figures. They have one in him. They appreciate what he does for them and they perform for him like they do not for many others. They come to him with their problems, and truly seek his advice. Instead of telling them what to do, he leads them down a path so that they can come to the realization on their own and determine the solutions that work best for them individually.

I know I have mostly talked about his interaction with others outside of our family, and I bet you are asking yourself, "Well what does he do for you and the girls?" My answer: EVERYTHING! He cooks a variety of things, cleans the bathrooms better than I, washes, dries and folds, irons better than I, and still finds the time to keep that sexy body of his in shape. He is a loving, passionate, doting husband who is just enough of a romantic to surprise his wife with tropical bouquets and roses from time to time. When we were in college, he sketched a picture of a woman lying across a bed. She was lying on her stomach and you could not see her face, but her body was well defined and you could tell that she wasbeautiful. When I asked him who she was, he said that she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen - me. I melted, of course. He still says beautiful things like that from time to time, and I still blush.

My girls, nine and six, love their Daddy to death. And of course, they have him wrapped around their fingers. They play with him like he's a human jungle gym. Sometimes they drive me crazy the way they are running, fighting, and wrestling all over the house. He picks out their clothes, matches
their shoes to them, and even combs their hair. He is such a perfectionist that it takes him a while, but he gets the job done.

When he is not doing all of the things I have already mentioned, he is fixing things around the
house, or performing routine maintenance on the car. What can I say? He is good with his hands in more ways than one. Of course, we have our issues, and everything is not always great, but what marriage is all peaches and cream every day? It takes work and we put in a lot of it. But I can honestly say, he makes it a whole lot easier than most.

Tyrolyn M. Redmond, wife of "The Real Superman"