Sunday Rewind: Happily Ever After, Hope

Being a parent is a big deal!  Whether through birth, adoption, or as an assistant/surrogate parent helping others with their children, the responsibility to love and guide another human being is an enormous responsibility and gift!  You pour your heart, your energy, your passion into their lives.  You cry, you ache, and you hope for their very best.  You do all of this with no guarantee that the lessons you’ve taught them or the love you’ve shared will be returned.  You simply do your very best, let go, and hope. Letting go scares me.  My children are still young.  But I know there will be a day, fast approaching, where I must let go.  They will make their own decisions, live with their own consequences,[…]

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Sunday Rewind: Happily Ever After Part 1

How do we prepare for our BIG Day? She said, “I will.”  Perfectly timed and perfectly said, those two words changed my heart!  Sometimes the written word doesn’t do justice to the importance of tone, body language, and inflection.  When the church doors swung open and I saw my bride dressed in spectacular beauty, I began to sob.  I tried my best to maintain composure, but I had never seen anything so beautiful.  As she walked down the aisle towards me, her beauty only grew in magnitude.  Tears welled in my eyes.  She held my hand.  She was here, dressed like that, for me! As the pastor officiating our wedding asked me if I would take Kerri to be my wife, my voice failed and[…]

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