My Hero Jenny Sanford

Hero's are people who do difficult things in difficult times. They do the right thing when others around them do the expedient thing. That is why Jenny Sanford has become my hero. Ms. Sanford is the wife of embarrassed South Carolina Governor Mark Harris who was recently caught in an affair with a Brazilian TV producer.

Gov. Harris has displayed his demons in a very public manner. He has waivered and melted down in TV interviews and proven to the residents of SC that he is not sufficiently balanced to continue to work for them, governing their proud state.

Ms. Harris, on the other hand has been quiet, demure and dignified. She has stood beside her husband thru this ordeal and given him support and grace. She has not, however, been a doormat. She has moved out of the Governor's Mansion and now she has given an interview that show her metal and the basis for her stellar performance in this trial. Here are some excerpts:

On the future of her marriage:
All I can do is forgive. Reconciliation is something else, and that is going to be a harder road. I have put my heart and soul into being a good mother and wife. Now I think it’s up to my husband to do the soul-searching to see if he wants to stay married. The ball is in his court.

On the other woman:
All I can do is pray for her because she made some poor choices. Mark made some poor choices. A lot of people were brought down by this, and I am sure that is not what they wanted.

And these are the words of a hero, who has a hero:
If you don’t forgive, you become angry and bitter. I don’t want to become that. I am not in charge of revenge. That’s not up to me. That’s for the Lord to decide, and it’s important for me to teach that to my boys. All I can do is forgive.

I look at Jenny Sanford with admiration. Then I look past her to the source of her strength.