True Love

The day dawns.  Life beckons.  The sun shines bright and the birds are singing.  God is good to me.  I awaken without strife or turmoil to greet me.  Days are past that were full of doom and dark clouds no longer fill the skies.

The Lord is good and gracious.  I am thankful for many things.  My strength, my peaceful mind, the soft white clouds and the sound of the sea.

I am grateful for the man who sleeps beside me and the love and happiness he has brought to my life.  The poem he wrote for me about the rose of purity and the rose of passion.  My days are full of joy and gentle breezes.

The 3 children we made together and the gladness they brought to our lives.  They were sweet and loving and so much fun.  They filled our days with joy and pride as well as much hard work.  We were blessed with twin sons and a sweet little girl to love and cherish.

The story unfolds as days go by.  A story of true love.  A story about giving to one another.  A tale that tells of a gentle soul and endurance and of rewards and dreams fulfilled.

I am a poet.  In nature I see the unfolding of the cosmos before me.  I have made a mark in the universe.  I count.  I have not found my destiny-it came looking for me...and found me.

I am a person of value.  I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a poet, a painter, a cook, a friend, a dreamer of dreams, a servant, a person justified by the sacrifice of my Lord.  I have a relationship with God my Father and in Him I trust.

I matter.  I am loved.  I will go a wandering through the stars of Heaven one day and pick jesels from among them.  I will live on in the great vastness of time.  I do not fear the end, for the end is just a new beginning.

I am justified, sanctified, made strong and happy in this life.  I could not ask for more.  But the Eternal One always gives us more than we deserve and more than we even realize.  We need to stop and smell the beautiful roses.  Life is good.  We are One.