Every year at this time, I struggle for just the right words to say Happy Birthday to my true love \u2014 and every year, I fall short. Some things are very hard put into words, or at least words that adequately convey the feelings they are intended to…<\/p>\n
I\u2019m okay with the words \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d – that pretty much just says, \u201c this is a special day for you and I hope it\u2019s nice.\u201d The part that I have trouble with is finding the words that express how much I love her and how much she means to me.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re a follower of this blog, you know that over the years, I\u2019ve tried many approaches… I\u2019ve tried to describe her many attributes, like being one of the smartest people that I know and her being quick-witted and funny and a memory like an elephant, etc. A few years ago, I tried writing Happy Birthday and I love you in a lot of the languages spoken in the various countries we\u2019ve visited. While it may have been interesting, when all was said and done, just \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d and \u201cI love you\u201d seemed to win out.<\/p>\n People that have known us for a while have probably at some time heard me refer to Claire as \u201cmy first wife.\u201d While that\u2019s true, she really is the love of my life.<\/p>\n There is a Winnie the Pooh cartoon in which Piglet asks, \u201cHow do you spell love?\u201d Winnie the Pooh replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t spell it… you feel it.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s the answer \u2014 there really aren\u2019t any words. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year at this time, I struggle for just the right words to say Happy Birthday to my true love \u2014 and every year, I fall short. Some things are very hard put into words, or at least words that … Continue reading
\nNone of these \u201cgood qualities\u201d sound particularly romantic, but all these things go into making her the person that she is \u2014 no, make that the special<\/em> person that she is.<\/p>\n
\nSo once again this year, words fail me…. it may sound sappy, and repetitive, but it\u2019s true \u2014 loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will. Happy Birthday to the love of my life. You are still the woman of my dreams and hanging out with you is still my favorite thing to do.
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n