However, in my typical impetuous style of the time, I canceled the date to go see another guy. As served me right, the other guy didn't follow through and I found myself home on Valentine's Day. Even though I'd canceled, he still came, and we ended up being politely kicked out of the restaurant because we didn't want to stop talking. A month later I drove down to see him, and I haven't left since.
A lot has happened in the past ten years; much more than I could write in verse. But here is a sample, and my gift to my husband on this day. Happy Valentine's Day, Larry.
Stay tuned for Part 2 later today ...
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(The poem is structured to mean a year from Valentine's Day to Valentine's Day, ie. Feb. 14, 1999 to Feb. 14, 2000)
Ten Years (1999-2009)
Year 1 was a joy
We met and we married
Is it a girl or a boy
Which one do I carry
Year 2 our first child
Fussy and crying
Rarely we smiled
A year that was trying
Year 3 things were good
EQ passed our time
We progressed as we should
Soon our number would climb
Year 4 baby two
A sweet little one
Much more work than we knew
The gift of a son
Year 5 gave us strife
A lost job and deep fear
The reality of life
Shedding many a tear
Year 6 number three
Another little girl
There goes our family tree
Our life was a whirl
Year 7 brought unrest
Problems at work
Always we were stressed
Forever driven berserk
Year 8 new direction
Your dream coming true
Under God’s blessed protection
Your business debut
Year 9 things grew strong
For God we would search
Learning from what went wrong
We found a new church
Year 10 here we are
So much we have learned
In God we’ve made it this far
Toward Christ our eyes turned
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1 comment:
Awww...I love this one!
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