Tag: Love

One day it will, spirit

Dining Like Royalty
Our bicycle honeymoon included several days using Ferries to island-hop in Washington’s Puget Sound. A rustic campground dinner. Using a fallen log as our chairs. A stump for a cooking table. Our tent behind us. To get us both in the photo, had to use a self-timer. Camera probably sitting on another stump.

One day it will.

Will what?

One day will come.

And it reminds me of a Garth Brooks song…

If Tomorrow Never Comes (wikipedia’s song summary). By the way, Garth calls this his signature song. It was his first hit single off his 1989 debut album. In 1991, it earned Country Music’s “Single of the Year” honors.

Chapin, on this day, April 11, 2026, if tomorrow never comes, you absolutely need to know this…

This song is one of my all-time favorite love songs. It has guided me since 1989 with a simple mantra to remind me how lucky i am to love and be loved by Mom and You. You can listen to the You Tube “live” version here.

Years ago Garth took his music off all the music streaming platforms. He opted to sell his music directly to listeners. No middle-person. That’s why this one You Tube clip is so special.

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Before one of us starts to forget, spirit

Before one of us starts forgetting, i’d like to start remembering…

  • Our first wondering about ‘what if’.
  • Our first realization for marriage.
  • Our first trip to Sanibel’s West Wind Inn.
  • Our first trip to Sanibel’s Mitchells Sand Castles.
  • Our first time burying a pet.
  • Our first Mass.
  • Our first time holding hands.
  • Our first realization we couldn’t have children.
  • Our first IVF protocol.
  • Our first child’s birth.

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Seeing the small stuff

small daisy
Starting with the ‘headliner’, a tiny, wild daisy.
sidewalk by fire station
Lower right corner: Added my chapstick tube for location and size context.
small daisy next to sidewalk
More context. Easy to see closeup at ground level when that’s what you’re specifically looking for, and you already know it’s there.
sidewalk
Literally impossible to see, especially if you aren’t even remotely trying to spot one. But i saw it somehow. If you zoom in on the right sidewalk edge, near the photo’s middle…

i tell Cheryl, “If i had a daisy for every time i thought of you, i could walk through a field of daisies forever.”

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Lucky seven?

  1. When do you feel most loved by me?
  2. How can i love you better?
  3. If we could create one new tradition together, what would it be?
  4. When was the last time you felt truly at peace?
  5. If you could relive one moment in our relationship, what would it be?
  6. If we could fast-forward 10 years, what do you hope our life looks like?
  7. What’s something you’ve been holding back from telling me?

Copied these questions from an Instagram post.

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Can’t buy me love

The Beatles are one of music’s great icons.

Kudos to them and their management and marketing teams.

The notion that you could buy love is as philosophical as philosophy gets.

But when you have love, you have a wealth money can’t buy.

Here’s to hoping that is your life.

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