Normally I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't post something that someone else wrote to me. However, this is different. This is a love letter from my husband. It means more to me than any gift I have ever received--ever. The reason that I and posting it is because I want my children and grandchildren to know what kind of man their father and grandfather truly is and was. I want them to be like him--to love someone the real way, the right way, the Biblical way, unconditionally. There really isn't a day that goes by that I do not thank God for him. He is and always will be the only one for me. I hope and pray that this letter touches their hearts the way it did mine.
To: The Love of my Life September 16, 2015
It seems almost unbelievable that we have been together for over 43 years and now find ourselves celebrating your 60’th Birthday. I can’t imagine a life without you. You have blessed me so much over the years that a simple note will never capture or convey it all. I want to at least share a few ways you have made this life of mine the happiest and loving I could ever want.
Funny, I wrote a dozen lines and when reading it back it sounded like a press release about a new CEO . Scrapped that…
“Take II”
I love you in so many ways I cannot even begin to express them. You are beautiful – yes beautiful and charming. You are unique, not the cookie cutter person that some are attracted to, and that is one of your best qualities and one of many things I love about you so much. You love me unconditionally and that has meant we were together for better or worse, through thick and thin. Easy words to say when the romance is fresh but tough to live out – you showed me how to do that and words can never express what that has meant to me. A love for a lifetime, a companion through all times, and my best friend. I even tear up writing this because you mean that much to me, you are truly the greatest love in life one can have this side of heaven.
Aside from falling in love with a cute brunette that drove me crazy every time I thought of her (and you still do) I never imagined the other important things a soul mate would mean over the long haul. You are my most ardent cheerleader, mentor, spiritual advisor, friend, companion, lover, helper, and guide when times are tough. Your wisdom and tenacity see us through. I would never be the professional, man, husband, or father I am today if it were not for you and your loving care and wisdom. I am who I am because of you.
You are the best parent a child could ever imagine and that meant my children would grow up in a balanced, structured, loving, and God fearing household. How does a love-struck boy dating a girl ever think of that or have a clue what a mother would be like? You are the reason our family is a loving thriving example of God’s ways.
So here we are, celebrating your 60’th year. And I get the feeling you are just getting started. I get so excited thinking about our next “60” or whatever God chooses to give us. Travel, dining, exploring, and yes, even shopping are in our future…
So here’s to the most beautiful, vivacious, hippest, and young grandmother anyone will ever meet.
I love you so much.
It seems almost unbelievable that we have been together for over 43 years and now find ourselves celebrating your 60’th Birthday. I can’t imagine a life without you. You have blessed me so much over the years that a simple note will never capture or convey it all. I want to at least share a few ways you have made this life of mine the happiest and loving I could ever want.
Funny, I wrote a dozen lines and when reading it back it sounded like a press release about a new CEO . Scrapped that…
“Take II”
I love you in so many ways I cannot even begin to express them. You are beautiful – yes beautiful and charming. You are unique, not the cookie cutter person that some are attracted to, and that is one of your best qualities and one of many things I love about you so much. You love me unconditionally and that has meant we were together for better or worse, through thick and thin. Easy words to say when the romance is fresh but tough to live out – you showed me how to do that and words can never express what that has meant to me. A love for a lifetime, a companion through all times, and my best friend. I even tear up writing this because you mean that much to me, you are truly the greatest love in life one can have this side of heaven.
Aside from falling in love with a cute brunette that drove me crazy every time I thought of her (and you still do) I never imagined the other important things a soul mate would mean over the long haul. You are my most ardent cheerleader, mentor, spiritual advisor, friend, companion, lover, helper, and guide when times are tough. Your wisdom and tenacity see us through. I would never be the professional, man, husband, or father I am today if it were not for you and your loving care and wisdom. I am who I am because of you.
You are the best parent a child could ever imagine and that meant my children would grow up in a balanced, structured, loving, and God fearing household. How does a love-struck boy dating a girl ever think of that or have a clue what a mother would be like? You are the reason our family is a loving thriving example of God’s ways.
So here we are, celebrating your 60’th year. And I get the feeling you are just getting started. I get so excited thinking about our next “60” or whatever God chooses to give us. Travel, dining, exploring, and yes, even shopping are in our future…
So here’s to the most beautiful, vivacious, hippest, and young grandmother anyone will ever meet.
I love you so much.
Happy Birthday,
Jerry
Jerry
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