To my wife

Tucked away in a drawer – you have to think this was a treasure Jill kept!

In 1994, for Christmas I wrote her a poem.  We have, for a number of years, not been in need of anything.  Other than love!  This was my Christmas present to her that year.

I seldom say all I wish I could,

More seldom say all I should!

Endurance in struggles of new directions,

Lasting through our children’s corrections,

Preparation of culinary delights,

Companionship though days and nights

These all are signs of love unbounded,

By that love I am surrounded.

Thank you, my lover, my wife!

Christmas 1994

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. MARYANNE

    so glad she kept it as it becomes a reminder of her love for you – and thanks for sharing such a beautiful present.

  2. elizabeth cooper

    Thanks for sharing this, Ron.

  3. Sheila

    Thank you for sharing this Ron. It is beautiful. If it makes you feel any better I have kept all the notes Ian as written to me. Yes that means even the ones he wrote while we were dating. I go back to them every so often and read them again. And cry at the caring person that he is. He is my best friend. I don’t know what I would do if I were to ever lose him.
    Ron, you are a very strong man. I couldn’t imagine my life with out Ian.
    Thank you my dear friend for being so strong and a Child of God.
    God Bless you and the family.

  4. Jason & Blanca Ambros

    Very beautiful!

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