To our Family and Friends on our Twenty-First Wedding Anniversary!
We were married June 7, 1979, on the Bride's Birthday!
HOW DO I LOVE THEE?
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.
For the ends of being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise,
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints---I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
~~Elizabeth Barrett Browning~~
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.
For the ends of being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise, I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints---I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
~~Elizabeth Barrett Browning~~
THEN..."1979"
NOW...
THIS PAGE IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR TWENTY-ONE YEARS TOGETHER AND THE CONSTANT SATISFACTION IT HAS BEEN TO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH YOU BESIDE ME.
Thank you Katie for this Angelic Award!
