I was just 22 when I slipped permanent sunscreen on the fourth finger of my left hand. Since that day twenty-five years have sped past, each one thick with joy and pain and wonder. My constant companion and fellow traveler on the journey has seen me through so many trials and victories, and has made the good times better, and the tough times somehow a little less difficult to bear. She’s brought two boys into the world, loved them enough to set them on the right course, and stood with me on the metaphoric shore of life as they sailed off to scan the horizon for an adventure they can call their own.
Now it’s just us again. It seems somehow fitting that we stood together before witnesses to renew our vows of marriage this summer. The second act has begun, the page has turned to the next chapter, the sun is rising on a new day, and we will write the next verse of this love song together, my love and I. We will find adventures anew, reminisce over those that have passed, and continue to chart our course together. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. I cannot imagine this journey without her by my side.
So, after twenty-five years of life as us rather than me, I am still so very blessed to have April in my life. Perhaps this more than any other thing points to the existence of a gracious God who gives me far better than I deserve. Here's to the next 25 years together.
Now it’s just us again. It seems somehow fitting that we stood together before witnesses to renew our vows of marriage this summer. The second act has begun, the page has turned to the next chapter, the sun is rising on a new day, and we will write the next verse of this love song together, my love and I. We will find adventures anew, reminisce over those that have passed, and continue to chart our course together. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. I cannot imagine this journey without her by my side.
So, after twenty-five years of life as us rather than me, I am still so very blessed to have April in my life. Perhaps this more than any other thing points to the existence of a gracious God who gives me far better than I deserve. Here's to the next 25 years together.