To the man who:
- was the first to discover a freckle on my right ear, and kiss it.
- made me breakfast in bed.
- left flowers in my car.
- made me watch all the "Rambo" movies with him.
- taught me to love coffee.
- was the first to call me "babydoll", and make it sound sweet, not hokey.
- made me feel sexy.
- laughed at me when I tried to smoke my first (and only) cigarette, and choked!
- taught me to drive a tractor.
- rode me through a mud puddle on a four-wheeler and drenched us both.
- made me homemade oatmeal with brown sugar.
- kissed my nose just to make me laugh.
- chased me around in the dark on a windy October night, just to be silly.
- laughed when I thought a bull bellowing on a nearby farm was a bear!
- sat with me all day at the hospital when I had my tubes tied, and worried when I had trouble with the anesthesia.
- was the first to my side when I had my car accident, and held my hand while I got stitches.
- proposed to me on a hill filled with pine trees, with tears in his eyes.
- cried at our wedding when we said our vows.
- cried the day I moved back home, and held me all night the night before, while I cried.
- loved me enough to let me go, even though I didn't want to.
- sang this song to me, the first morning I woke up in his bed.
To my ex-husband, Larry, who will be 58 on Monday.
I will always love you.
Happy Birthday!
J.
ADDENDUM:
The song we danced to at our wedding. The song that was "our song".
"When You Say Nothing at All" by Allison Krauss.
6 comments:
You have a lot of wonderful memories here. I can tell he was very special.
Sounds like he was a "keeper," J.
Alison Krauss is is one of my favorites, along with that song.
I am new to your blog so don't know much about the story of your ex(of whether or not you have ever even shared it). For a minute there, I thought maybe you had been widowed. You are very lucky to have an ex you still love. I pray daily that my ex will fall into a bit pit or get eaten by a big bear...lol. Sad but true just the same.
Flake- that is funny. But J- hang in there. Remember the words of Abraham Lincoln (I paraphrase) "Most people are about has happy as they make up their mid to be"
Wow, thanks for sharing, J. I have to agree with e.craig too. Alison Krauss is one of my favorites.
Lisa - He is a special guy, but he had his flaws too. The man didn't own a book (can you imagine me married to a guy who didn't like to read?) and when he got mad, he went out to his garage and banged things around for awhile.
Craig - Unfortunately he wasn't a "keeper". Even he and I were good together, we were nothing alike and our lives did not mesh well at all. We were much better apart.
Canadian Flake - The short version is, I was married for 14 years, to the father of my kids. Very rough divorce, totally changed my life. Married Larry on the rebound. Lasted only a year. We parted friends. I tell people I have two ex-husbands, one I like and one I don't. I wish my first husband would drive off a bridge into the Ohio River. Truly.
Palm Springs - I'm doing okay. I was just feeling sentimental because I heard "Good Morning Beautiful" on the radio. After I found it on YouTube, I HAD to look for Allison Krauss.
RWA - I have been known to get mushy sometimes. You'll never see a post like that about the kids' dad.:)
J.
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