Yesterday was my 39th birthday. I kind of have a thing about birthdays. I think they should always be special and, no matter what you do, a joyous day. I think we mark time by our birthdays more than any other day, just because that means we’ve lived another year and seen another year’s worth [...]
You and I are connected in a way
that goes beyond romance,
beyond friendship,
beyond what we’ve ever had before.
It has defied time, distance,
and changes in ourselves and in our lives.
And it has defied every explanation
except one:
purely and simply, we’re soul mates.
I can’t explain it.
I just feel it.
It’s there in the way my spirit subtly lifts
whenever we talk,
how [...]
I found a flash drive in Anita’s desk a couple of days ago full of documents, many similar to this. This was written while we lived in Chicago, before she had a job in Atlanta and more than two years before she started her own (service oriented) business.
Her “thoughtfullness” point hits her spot on. Never [...]
My Wife
Days like this remind me how much I LOVE you.
I know what they say -
That things sort of even out
when you’re married -
that you’re not supposed
to feel so overwhelmingly
“in love” anymore.
We’ve been together
for a while now,
and I know things
aren’t always perfect.
But I want you to know
that there are times
when it hits me
and I’m just [...]
Sin…is always a substitute got legitimate suffering. It is an attempt to obtain the pleasure that does not rightfully belong to me or evade the pain that does…Sooner or later, you have to turn and face the pain that makes the temptation so attractive. Sooner or later, you have to run to God.
When I look, [...]