Tomorrow, Sept. 23, is Paul's 4oth birthday. Can you believe it? Paul is 40! It's hard to imagine that it's been 23 years since we met and began dating. When I think of Paul, especially around his birthday, I think of his Grandpa Harp as well. On his 80th birthday Grandpa Harp, who lost his parents at a young age, told a story about his promise to his parents, to always be a good boy, that he lived his life with that in mind. I remember how moved Paul was by that story and how he, too, has always tried to be a good boy. Interestingly enough it isn't something Paul must try to do (nor was it for Grandpa Harp, either). He is genuinely a good man. He's thoughtful, kind, loving, patient, generous and humble. The list goes on and on. I can't tell you how fortunate I am to have chosen so wisely all those years ago. Shoot when you're 15, you don't know a darn thing and while I might have had an inkling that he would turn out to be such a great man I was mostly just dazzled by how handsome he was, and is! :)
Even though I am terribly biased I believe we, who know and love him, are blessed to have him. So on September 23 I will say, as I do everyday, thanks be to God for this husband of mine, and thanks to his parents, for raising such a wonderful man. You did good!
Happy Birthday, Paul. I love you more than you can ever know.
Your wife,
Lisa
2 comments:
Happy Birthday to Paul! The world needs more "good boys"!!!! I always knew he fell in that category! Hope you both get a chance to do something special! (Are you sensing my excitement...I mean, look at how many exclamation points I used ;)!!!)
You know, I had to go back and reread it because I think I mentally blocked out the4 fact that Paul is 40!!!!! What?!?! How can this be? This means that WE are almost 40! When did this happen? Do you feel almost 40?!?! I sure don't (although my body may disagree seeing as I actually fell asleep at 7:45PM last night...I think my daughter made it longer than me!) WOW! How do you even begin to celebrate 40? Looking back, I don't think I did anything special for Ken. I'm a bad wife. I'd better start planning 50 now! (Oh wait, we DID drive over to the other coast for the day to have lunch at The Cheesecake Factory...that was before we got our own here! Not much...barely worth remembering...but at least it was SOMETHING...and now he has no pressure to "go all out" for my 40th...see, I'm considerate like that~HA!)
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