Once In A Lifetime Love!

One of my favorite songs is by Alan Jackson. It is the song that Anita and I danced to at our daughter's wedding. The words go like this,



"Some people have it, some people don't,

Some people never will...

A once in a lifetime love, a love like we've all dreamed of.

It may go disguised right before your eyes,

A once in a lifetime love."



I can tell you that I met my once in a lifetime love over 35 years ago. It was not love at first sight, but rather the beginning of a friendship that would grow over the coming years and would become the basis for a once in a lifetime love. In 1975, our friendship became more, aided by homemade peach shortcake, squash casserole, fried okra and other foods that no self-respecting Texan could ever pass up. That summer evening in June, I asked the former Anita Horton to marry me and to my utter and profound amazement, she said yes! I will never understand why or how she loves me, but I thank God for that love every day.

Over the years, she has supported me and our children and now our son-in-law and daughter-in-law and our grandsons with a truly unconditional love. She is indeed the wisest woman I know and the most godly. She has an overflowing of faith and grace in her Lord and Savior. I do know this, one day when she stands before our Lord, she will receive a crown that has many jewels and I also know that she will look forward to laying that same crown at the feet of her Savior. In short, she is my hero and my once in a lifetime love!

Happy birthday, sweetheart!

I love you,
C