October 18 - A Big Day
October 18, 1965 was a big day in my life, though I didn't know it at the time.
I was less than a year old, living in a tiny house with my parents in an equally tiny Texas town, where my dad was a band director at the local High School.
Little did I know. Little did they know. That was the day Sheila was born, only a couple of hours down the road - in Wichita Falls.
For almost seventeen years, I have had the privilege of calling this remarkable woman my wife, and for much longer, of calling her my best friend. For thirteen years, she has lovingly raised (and educated) our children - often attuned to that process much more keenly than I have been.
The birthday card I bought for Sheila today quotes Song of Soloman 8:7 - "Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away."
What a perfect verse to describe what is on my heart today.
Happy Birthday, honey!
I was less than a year old, living in a tiny house with my parents in an equally tiny Texas town, where my dad was a band director at the local High School.
Little did I know. Little did they know. That was the day Sheila was born, only a couple of hours down the road - in Wichita Falls.
For almost seventeen years, I have had the privilege of calling this remarkable woman my wife, and for much longer, of calling her my best friend. For thirteen years, she has lovingly raised (and educated) our children - often attuned to that process much more keenly than I have been.
The birthday card I bought for Sheila today quotes Song of Soloman 8:7 - "Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away."
What a perfect verse to describe what is on my heart today.
Happy Birthday, honey!
posted by Matt at Monday, October 18, 2004
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