To My Husband on His 40th Birthday

To My Husband on His 40^th Birthday 

 

I remember the day I graduated high school

That was the day you turned Twenty-One

I simply cannot believe all the years

That have come…and gone

 

Nineteen years later

I have a hard time believing

What an extraordinary marriage

We are effectively achieving

 

If our family and friends really new

All that we’ve truly been through

They would wonder how you ever stayed with me

Or I with you

 

You are my friend, my lover, my hero, my “McGuiver”

If given the chance you’d easily win the million on Survivor

It’s your charisma, your charm, your humor, and soft heart

Those incredible blue eyes that when they see something sad, fall apart

 

It’s how you love me,

Despite all my faults

And if it’s something that would make me happy

You’d even learn how to waltz

 

I love you so much more at forty

Than I did when you were twenty one

I think I just may have hit

The big Home Run

 

So here is to believing

And knowing something’s true

You are 40-years YOUNG

And I couldn’t be more thankful

To be with you!

 

I love you and all the hard work has been so worth it.  We stand strong as a couple against all those who think marriage should be easy.  It takes a lot more than just love.  It takes Time, effort, patience, understanding, commitment, and forgiveness.  Thank you for all of those things.