We were both 22 years old and madly in love on the day we
married and like most young people, we thought that we knew everything there
was to know. Today we are smarter, more experienced, more grateful and more in
love.
At the risk of being redundant, repeating myself, being
redundant and repeating myself, I can tell you why “I love her more today than
yesterday” (I feel a song coming on). My answer is simple and it all comes down
to one word: gratitude.
Ask couples who have been married a long time, or at least
as long as we have, what the key to a happy marriage is and you will get a
variety of answers. “Respect each other”, “Never go to bed angry”, “Always be
friends”, etc., etc.. But I believe that my answer trumps all of those answers.
When you are truly grateful that your mate is in your life,
you will respect each other, not go to bed angry and will always be friends.
However, feeling grateful is not enough. You must also express it to that
person because feeling grateful and not telling someone is like buying someone
a gift and never giving it to them.
Actually, the real gift is feeling grateful. It is a
tremendous feeling in your heart to experience gratitude, real true gratitude.
At least it is for me and I get to feel it several times today.
The older I get and the longer we are together, the more
gratitude, the more grateful I become to have this extraordinary woman to share
my life with.
I could go on and on. Her days are filled with caring about
me, our family and our world of friends. She is selfless, loving, considerate
and so much more. She is my great companion and there is no one else that I
would rather spend time with then her.
My experience of being married to her has taught me that
beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in my eyes she is more beautiful today
than ever before.
To me, that feeling of ever increasing gratitude is what
makes me feel more and more in love with her everyday that we are together.
That is why I can say that “ love her
more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow.” (Thank you for those
lyrics Stevie Wonder.)
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Happy anniversary to you and Gail! Your loving relationship serves as a model and inspiration to so many people, starting with Jennifer and me. Blessings to you both on this very special day and every day hereafter! Dan
ReplyDeleteMy dear sweet Michael.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful words you wrote, thank you. From the moment I met you it was love at first sight. Loving you has been the easiest thing I ever had to do in my life. Because of you and your influence I always strive to be a better person to be a better wife a better lover, better mother a better human being. You have taught me about patience, humility, grace, gratefulness, forgiveness and how to LOVE.
Thank you for being my partner that stands/sits beside me as we conquer what we call LIFE together. Thank you for always making It an adventure.
Thank you for loving me.
I love you madly -Gail
Repeat yourself all you want. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteMy dad forwarded this to me over the weekend, and I just melted when I read it. You are such an incredible inspiration. And so wise! Thank you for all you give. I am grateful for you.
ReplyDeleteLove love,
Phoebe Marie Nelson
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