Bittersweet Farm

My lover will drive away within an hour and we will be apart for two days. My heart is sad about that. This morning while watching Steven Curtis Chapman family powerfully testify of the faith that sustains them through the loss of their daughter, I came across this beautiful song.

A few years ago a dear friend married. At the wedding her husband-to-be literally wept through this song. It was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. Lois, I am weeping through this song today for you. I am a communicator, but I have never been able to find the right words to reveal the love I have in my heart for you.

Last Saturday we signed Wesley up for football. Some of my happiest memories are of a robust intra-mural football experience at Moody. When fall comes ’round I always have an urge to clean the garage and listen to The Ohio State University Marching Band on the radio, but there is something that is infinitely more important than football. Watch this: