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2012 was full of change and milestones for our family. And 2013 looks to be more of the same. :)
It is both exciting and humbling to think about where we started...and where we are today. I married my best friend and high school sweetheart almost 30 years ago. We have moved 13 times, celebrated births, holidays, and weddings, buried pets, siblings, and a parent, laughed, cried, and logged many miles together. I couldn't be more proud of - or more in love with - my husband.
This was a Christmas gift from my second oldest in the form of a mix cd.
Each colored word ties to part of a song title included on the mix.
I still can't read it without getting choked up.
This is the story of a girl and a boy who met on a school bus. The girl decided to follow the boy on a run through the desert, and one run turned into endless runs together. After school they began to build a life - rings, jobs, a tiny apartment, two cats, dreams, young love. The boy shined his military shoes. The girl became the gardener of his heart. Home moved, and the girl followed the boy just like she promised. Some days were hollow with sadness, but the love they shared was more giant than those days. After much waiting, they were given a gift - not one, but two baby girls - to hold tight and close. Loud cries and long nights had come to fill their home, along with more joy than they could imagine. With the fire of faith and hope inside them, they became parents. And the becoming continued. Another baby boy and girl, as they grew from two to four to five to six. Their capacity for love rose. Days became a beautiful mix of conversation, afternoons on the lake, sporting events, gathering around the table to eat. One blink of an eye and these days would pass, but their impact was much greater than their duration. Because even when their children grew up, the boy and the girl had bound them with one heart and sent them on a sunlit path. They had built their children a ladder. Forged by the grit of the couple's love and selflessness, the ladder gave the children opportunities greater than the boy and girl could have hoped for in that tiny apartment. The ladder gave the children strength of faith and character that would help them navigate any mountain or valley. And for that the boy and girl were grateful, and the song in their hearts was glad. Written by jrm.
Life is good...very, very good.