The Best Thing in the World

Just a few months after the world was introduced to a galaxy far, far, away and Elvis sang “Hound Dog” for the last time,

I heard your voice say, “I do”

and watched your dimples imply that being a husband was the

best thing in the world.

Three years later...

I heard your voice shout “I have a son!”

and watched your strong arms hold him ever so gently and show that being a dad was the

best thing in the world.

Fast forward 25 years later and...

I heard your voice declare, “I have a granddaughter!”

and watched your blue eyes hint that she had already stolen your heart and that being a Papa was the

best thing in the world.

For many years I have heard and watched...

I heard your regrets over missing out on so many events while our children were young, while I watched you work so very hard and do anything necessary to make sure we always had what we needed...

I heard your complaints (and your laughter) about your brothers and their antics, and I watched your heart break when they were taken so soon...

I heard your frustrations voiced every day because of a body that just wouldn’t do what you wanted it to do, as I watched the effects of years of hard work and crippling arthritis take their toll..

I heard your cries of pain in the night and watched our snowy white little girl climb up and rest her paws on your chest and stare at your face until you said that you were okay.

For 36 years I have heard and watched.

And today, my love,

I hear

two hearts in rhythm

and I watch

a lifetime of love grow deeper and sweeter than mere words can describe.

You are the best thing in my world!

“Love never ends:

it wakes up every day determined to do it all over again.”

~Lore Ferguson, Sayable~

Click HERE for some more beautiful expressions of love based on 

I Corinthians 13.