Ode to a wonderful lady

11 year start on a lifetime

from JoeUser Forums
11 years ago today, I stood waiting for at the end of a long aisle for the one person that means the most to me in the whole world. When the music started playing, the doors at the back opened and there she stood, radiant, like an angel that got lost on the way to Heaven. My heart stopped as she walked down the aisle, her hand on her uncle's arm. See, this is where things get a little confusing. Her uncle gave her away. Her dad was standing there at the front of the church, waiting. He was so proud that he was the one performing the ceremony that married off his little girl. Just don't ask him for details.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

WOW!  Fantastic!  Beautiful!  Great!

You are one lucky man, but you are not the luckiest!  Your Wife is! (3 years for me come wednesday).

I loved it!  Your FIL is some kind of great man!  That is the hardest thing to do, and he not only did it!  He married you! 

WOW!  Congratulations to you and your wife!

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
What a beautiful tribute! she's lucky too to have a husband honor her!
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yup, great tribute. I wish I could come up with something similar when my own anniversary passes. I remember the date well, and know it is now many years ago (over 20), but I do tend to forget to tell my wife as often as I should that I appreciate having her in my life, and am glad we're still together after those years.

We just passed one of our milestone days not long back. The day that she moved in with me, and out of her parents home. That was such a while back now that it's hard to remember the details.

You've done a great job though, and set the bar high for husbands whose wives may read your words.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is very, very sweet. Are you going to share it with her?
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
TW:
This is very, very sweet. Are you going to share it with her?

I did share this with her (after I posted). Just to make sure that she saw it today. Normally, she does read here, so I don't have to point it out to her.

She's just too shy to start a blog herself.

terpfan1980:
You've done a great job though, and set the bar high for husbands whose wives may read your words

Turn about's fair play.

but I do tend to forget to tell my wife as often as I should that I appreciate having her in my life

Guilty of this one, too. Have to work really hard. Especially lately with a 3 hour round trip commute between Petersburg and Hampton.
am glad we're still together after those years.

That's one that I am reminded of all the time. Usually by the littlest thing that is normally overlooked. Except for that one time that it hits you right between the eyes and then it's always nagging at you when you see it.
Yup, great tribute.

Thanks.

Trudy:
What a beautiful tribute! she's lucky too to have a husband honor her!

Thanks. I still think that I'm the lucky one. The line about her chasing me 'til I caught her ... was a little too close to true. Before we started dating in high school, she tried to set me up with 4 of her friends... And then someone suggested that she date me herself. So, she did. And I've not regretted it since.

Dr. Guy:
WOW! Fantastic! Beautiful! Great!

Aw, shucks, doc. You're making me blush!!
Your FIL is some kind of great man!

Yes, he is. I've been very blessed to know him, and would think so, even if he wasn't part of the family. He's, to put it simplely, one of the most Godly men that I've had the honor to meet.

That is the hardest thing to do, and he not only did it! He married you!

It was a very trying moment for him. 'Specially so 'cause my wife is an only child.

We still kid him about it.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top


(Waving to all the nice folks - thank you for these nice comments for my wonderful hubby.)

Yes, I'm too shy to blog, etc., but I have to peek in here and say "thank you" to my sweety! Yesterday was a wonderful anniversary and it's been 11 grand years that I'm so Thankful for! Reading this brought tears to my eyes and I know that I'm so blessed to have "caught you".

OH - and thank you for spurning my attempts to set you up with my friends.

I love you.