#30

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 

Get ready for some birthday fun!

#29

I love you more

than a fat kid loves cake.

I like you more

than Jim likes Pam.

I think you’re prettier

than the most perfect sunset.

I find you more fascinating

than the distant constellations.

To my eyes you are brighter

than a light in the darkness.

You know me better

than Leslie Knope knows Ron.

To my skin you are warmer

than sheep bucky J

Your kiss is like diving head first

into a pool on a summer day.

Your laugh is

a momentary vacation for my heart.

Your love and encouragement go together

like root beer and vanilla ice cream.

Your birthday is a reminder to me

of God’s good gifts.

I celebrate this day by thanking Him

for you.

#28

#27

And Then She Grew

Whitney NaShea

used to run and play

in the city of Mayfield

in the county of Graves

She was so smart

         and had a big heart

         no doubt she was gifted

         for God set her apart

And then she grew

         a godly woman, it’s true

         and an excellent wife

         an awesome mother, too…

…Sweet Ella Ray

         who loves to run and play

         in the city of J-Town

         on Conti Lane

She is so smart

         and has a big heart

         no doubt she is gifted

         for God set her apart

And now she’ll grow

         a godly woman, it’s true

         and an excellent wife

         like her mother, too.  

#26

Statements of Fact

1. You may not have gotten an education degree, but I love seeing you teach Ella new things every single day.
2. You are the strongest person I know.
3. You are my precious angel.
4. Every day you show me what God’s love is like.
5. I’m always impressed by how much you care about others.
6. You are a true, faithful friend.
7. You can always begin a new career as a Detective.  
8. I don’t know where I’d be without your support and encouragement.
9. Though I’ll never understand it, I love how you enjoy coffee with so much milk and sugar.
10. You are a gifted teacher.
11. Proverbs 31 is about you.
12. I love how easy it is for us to have fun together.
13. You’re pretty.
14. You’re sexy.
15. I love loving you.
16. I’m still mad you got screwed over for valedictorian.
17. Your laugh is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world.
18. Every day with you is a gift from God.
19. You are mind-blowingly intelligent. 

#25

Our Life Together

Our life together is God’s creation

Our love is vaster than a far constellation

All we’ve been able to do and see

Holding your hand by the Aruban sea

Georgetown and Southern for each graduation

Three apartments and Conti our family station

We used to be two, now we’re blessed to be three

Our life together.

Our son we’ll bring home with no hesitation

An adoption reflecting the Lord’s salvation

He’s molding us into what He wants us to be

The most epic of journeys with you beside me

The thought alone brings ecstatic elation

Our life together. 

#24

[a haiku]

Your sweet forgiveness

Is a cool flowing river

In a barren desert 

#23

You are beautiful, my love. Truly delightful.

Your eyes are doves.

You are a lily among brambles,

An apple tree among the trees of the forest.

Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Your love is better than wine.

          

                --Song of Solomon

#22

#21

Reverie (part three)

…I remember the scariest and greatest and biggest and most joyous two days of my life. July 26, 2008 and October 28, 2014. Those were the days the Lord blessed me to be a husband and a father. The days he blessed me with a wife and a baby-mama. my mind cannot comprehend and my heart cannot imagine how much love you must have for me. you always love and serve and give sacrificially. you put me above yourself. you set aside your own wants for mine. you are patient and kind. you forgive. you always have the strength to move forward. to see the light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. you know the worst about me and the best and yet you remain by my side. you are there at night and you are there in the morning, ready to give me, each and every day, that radiant smile... 

#20

Reverie (part two)

…I remember enjoying every second with you and knowing from the very beginning that you were the one. I remember the Indiana game when we met my parents at deSha’s afterwards. The same deSha’s that almost ended our relationship the night of the Nutcracker! I remember stepping foot into our Georgetown apartment and thinking “there’s no way we’re going to live here.” I remember stepping foot into our Springdale apartment and you saying “there’s no way we’re going to live here.” I remember stepping foot into our Rolling Hills apartment and both of us thinking “we’re going to love living here.” And we cried after leaving each of them. And we cried when we bought Conti. And we cried when it kept flooding. And flooding. And cracking. And busting…

#19

Reverie (part one)

...the first thing I noticed was your radiant smile and how it lit up the room. you had an aura of joy and happiness about you that I had never seen before. it struck me. somewhere in my soul, in that moment, I knew you were the one for me. I just knew it. you were magnetic. your brightness was contagious. I remember talking on AIM. I remember our first Kentucky basketball game. I remember being so proud to show you off in front of my friends. I remember the Matt Wertz concert (with Jars of Clay and how strange they were). I remember only liking Matt Wertz at first because his songs seemed to put into words what my heart was feeling about you. I remember being terrified to visit Mayfield for the first time. I remember eating at Nick’s sports grill and getting sick the next day. I remember eating at Patti’s for the first time and getting pork juice all over me (you should’ve known then that my clothes were always going to have food stains on them)...

#18

#17

Where would I be without you?
How could I make it through the fiery fray?
I'd be lost and lonely and blue.
Thanks to you I've grown in every way,
Not to mention your love I've seen displayed.
Every day with you is a beautiful day.
You're the one for me - it's true.

#16

#15

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1.

Would Patrick Patterson

ever believe

that his play that one night

would spark a conversation

between two kids on a date

that would lead to them

falling in love

and getting married?

2.

Will Matt Wertz ever hear

about how his music was

our relationship’s soundtrack

for years and years?

3.

What would Vinny and Charlotte

say if they knew

that they were given

fake names

and an entire back story

by two lovebirds

at the table next to them?

#14

a random thought

posed as a poem:

have

we

ever

actually

got

together

and

just

shared

camp

stories?

#13

Dark Night in Springdale

falling snow

sheets of ice

empty rooms dark and cold

creaking floors

boxes to be emptied

work to be done

so much work to be done

no friends

barely an acquaintance

so far from what we knew

sitting and crying on the old carpet

a dark night in Springdale

nowhere to run

but to each other

nowhere to hide

but in prayer

we held each other more closely

we cared for each other more deeply

we did not quit

we did not retreat

we did not give up

The Lord had a plan

a work He was beginning

which would end in happy tears

“Great is Thy Faithfulness”

I thank God for

that dark night in Springdale 

#12

Simple Things

Amos Lee

when I am returning

another day on the job

It’s like a revelation coming home

seeing you sleeping with the light on

It’s just these simple things

that keep me holding on

It’s just these simple things

that keep me holding on

well I know it gets hard, baby

things get crooked and crossed

sometimes I just get so lonely baby

I start feeling lost

But oh these simple things

keep me holding on

It’s just these simple things

that keep me holding on

#11

If I Ever Wrote a Poem

if I ever wrote a poem

or a few creative lines

it’d be simple and clever

with a few matching rhymes

if I ever wrote a poem

I could write about much

I could write about nature

or my feelings, such and such

if I ever wrote a poem

I would give it my best

It would be to one person

ignoring the rest

if I ever wrote a poem

from my heart and true

It’d be filled with my love

and written solely for you

#10

“Precious Angel”

Bob Dylan

precious angel

under the sun

how was I to know

you’d be the one?

to show me I was blinded

to show me I was gone

how weak was the foundation

I’d been standing upon

shine your light

shine your light on me

you know I just couldn’t make it by myself

I’m a little too blind to see

#9

Cinderella

I remember, I fondly remember,

As I certainly should,

The “White Jesus” and your smile in the hall of Crestwood;

I remember, I shamefully remember,

Oh why did I choose,

To meet you at church wearing blazing white shoes?

I remember, I proudly remember,

No car was tougher,

Than the Cougar that swooped you with a loud broken muffler.

I remember, I vividly remember,

Holding your hand,

And praying you’d see me as your “Cinderella Man.”

I remember, I truly remember,

And still feel it, I do,

That I strive every day to be that man for you. 

#8

I

need

you

now and forever

to stay right here with

          me

don’t

ever

leave

love was kept from

          me

like a secret

and I swore that

I

was

through

Until You.

#7

You are the One for Me

you are the one for me

          in God’s great plan my bride to be

          our winding roads would eventually meet

          like a winter fire brings refreshing heat

you are the one for me

you are the one for me

          for God’s glory this life we share

          wherever I go I want you there

          without your love I’d be a forest bare

                     you are the one for me

you are the one for me

by God’s design my eyes long to see

the inside and outside of your beauty

so much to enjoy I can’t believe

          you are the one for me     

you are the one for me

          until God calls us to our Home

          this race we run but never alone

          building our house on the eternal Stone

                     you are the one for me

#6

Sonnet 116

by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand'ring bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come; 

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom:

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved

#5

Titus Two

Titus two says to teach sound doctrine

          That’s you.

Titus two says to be reverent in behavior

          That’s you.

Titus two says to speak what is good

          That’s you.

Titus two says to love your family

          That’s you.

Titus two says to train others likewise

          That’s you.

Any man would be blessed to have a Titus Two woman

          That’s me. 

#4

[a haiku]

The desert needs streams,

So I crave your love for me,

The girl of my dreams. 

#3

[a haiku]

Fall Focus ‘06

your radiant smile struck me

like a thunderbolt 

#2

#2

thirty years

thirty years

ago you arrived here

thirty years

since God introduced you

thirty years

ago came the cutest girl

thirty years

since your parents first held you

thirty years

you have made us smile

thirty years

you have been loved

thirty years

you have blessed us

thirty years

you’re blessed from above

#1

The Birthday Blog is BACK!!!

In honor of your 30th birthday, you will be receiving a poem a day (starting today).

Some are originals, some are 'borrowed,' but all are just for you :) 

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#1

Big Day

Your birthday is too big for cake,

          too big for toys that quickly break.      

Your birthday is too big for hats,

          too big for pinatas and plastic bats.

Your birthday is too big for balloons,

          too big to dance like a buncha baffoons.  

Your birthday is big in the biggest way

          so we’ll celebrate for 30 days! 

the birthday blog returns

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