Happy Sweetest Day Jeff!

"Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this. Some people search forever for that one special kiss. Oh I can't believe it's happening to me! 

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this!"   

I wish this song had been written when I walked down to isle to my Future! As I walked to the man that the rest of the world isn't lucky enough to know. Today, these sweet song lyrics come to my mind every time I see Jeff holding OUR Future, Charlie. When Charlie whispers "dada" when he sees Jeff pull in from work these words ring in my ears again. Or when Jeff hugs him so snugly to take him upstairs to bed just so he can spend one extra minute with him and I see Charlie's little feet dangle in front of Daddy's belly. Jeff is a great Daddy, the best friend, and a wonderful dream of a husband! I am so blessed that God gave him to me to love and to me for my best friend...

It's very true that Alan Jackson has written and performed some of the best songs in Country music. And because of his genuine touch with real people and real life, his songs always hit home with me.  In fact, I feel like he sometimes writes the songs of the life Jeff and I long to have one day; songs like "Gone Country", "Little Bitty", "Tall, Tall Trees", "Livin' On Love" and one of my favorites, "It Must Be Love".  So there's no doubt that I love and enjoy just about every one of his songs!

Today, Sweetest Day, I'm dedicating a few songs to MY true LOVE...

In hopes to share just a piece of my heart...

WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU

But when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you 

The way I love you! 

Dear Jeff, 

When we met 10 years ago- I knew almost instantly that "we" would stick.  The friendship we had right from the start was youthful, fun loving, and a new experience for both of us.  Now that it has been 10 years, I can look back at all the experiences life brought us to and through.  And I see how many "thick and thins" there were, and how many "for richer or poorer's" there were, and how many times in my mind hearing the Pastor say over and over "Your rings are a symbol of never ending love.  There is no beginning and no end."  And now that we have Charlie and our new Little One on the way- that love goes around and around that never ending circle four times as fast.  And our lives are forever changed- the world has forever changed- all because two people fell in love.  And speaking of love, I haven't got to tell you this- but these past 2 months I realized something.  I looked at your sleeping face one night, as you were so tired from working 12 hour days for us, and it hit me- I was falling in love with you all over again!  What a great feeling love is!  And to be loved by you...

Here's another song that I absolutely think of when I think of you and Heaven... a place that will give us everything we've wanted on Earth but may never have...To my best friend, the Love of my Life... I want to stroll over Heaven with you...

I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You

If I survey all the good things that come to me from above
If I count all the blessings from the storehouse of love
I'd simply ask for the favor of him beyond mortal king
And I'm sure he would grant it again

I want to stroll over Heaven with you some glad day
When all our troubles and heartaches are vanished away
Then we'll enjoy the beauty where all things are new
I want to stroll over Heaven with you!

So many places of beauty we long to see here below
But time and treasures have kept us from making plans as you know
But come the morning of rapture together we'll stand a new!
While I stroll over Heaven with you!

I want to stroll over Heaven with you some glad day
When all our troubles and heartaches are vanished away
Then we'll enjoy the beauty where all things are new
I want to stroll over Heaven with you...

Here's just one more song I think of when I think of you and I...

Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
Settle down with just what they need
Livin on love

and one day all too soon we'll be...

Two old people without a thing
Children gone but still they sing
Side by side in that front porch swing
Livin on love
He cant see anymore
And she can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk through that door
Just livin on love

So today, like all the other days of the year, I am thankful for my sweetheart...

Happy Sweetest Day Jeff!
October 2000-2010 

 

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh" Ephesians 5:31