The Birthday of Love in my life

Well, hello all! It has been awhile since my last blog. I wanted to make a special blog today, because it is a VERY special day in my life! Today is my 22nd Anniversary of being with the love of my life, Lili! It seems that my life was just on hold before I met her, and I only half felt with my heart until then. My wonderful Lili has been the inspiration in my life, setting my passion on fire! When I accomplish things, I feel that I am contributing to our lives together. Without her it would feel shallow and empty.

I suppose this sounds very "co-dependent" to most people, I just feel very old-fashioned about it! What is wrong with wanting to care for and support the woman in your life? What has happened to chivalry? What has happened to romance and love in our society. It has become bastardized by the concept of dating in a time management stressful environment that our society has created! We have to deal with our personal schedules and chores, as well as all of our relatives and friends' schedules. Not to mention with all the womens' lib changes in our society, men are told that they cannot be the gentleman who opens doors and holds chairs for women, supposedly that belittles women and treats them as "less than" a man. Never mind the fact that the purpose of those actions was meant to show that the woman was "worthy" of a man's adoration.

Yes, I suppose that at some point men decided to think of women as a possession to earn and show as a trophy, but that was not at the heart of a true gentleman's actions. I don't want to go on anymore about this though, I want to talk about my feelings for my wife. I adore her for who she is, with every aspect of her character. She is artistic, the best cook I have ever met, the most caring mother of two children, the most thoughtful daughter and granddaughter to her parents and grandmother, and the most loving wife I could ever hope for!

I thank God that he led me to meet my wife. I thank God for being with us through the good times and the bad. Without God, I know our love would not have lasted. It brings tears to my eyes to think of all the times that the world has brought us hardship, and all the times that we have seen others lose the love in their lives. I can only hope and pray that God will continue to keep our hearts together and nurture our love for each other.

Happy Anniversary Lili,
with love from your Bulldog!