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wife, Elizabeth, has been, for thirty-two years, my closest
associate and dearest friend — an inexhaustible source
of inspiration and encouragement. In addition to these roles,
she has been a loving wife, the exemplary mother of my two beautiful
children, and the supportive bulwark to a wide network of friends
and family. Elizabeth's brilliant skills as a painter first
brought her to my attention, but she has never hesitated to
place the needs of others ahead of her desire to develop her
artistic talents. This has led her to major in motherhood (when
that was urgently needed) and to serve — for years —
as the inspiring Teaching Director of a large women's Bible
study group in Connecticut, when that calling seemed most needed.
Elizabeth gave me the title for this book, and her personal
beauty provided the inspiration for an entire series of highly
personal paintings you will find elsewhere on this site - which
her modesty forbad me to exhibit (with several exceptions) for
three decades. She has now agreed to let me share these images
of her with the world.
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