A Night To Remember

June 03, 1992

A couple of friends

Sit side by side

Arm presses against arm

Thigh touches against thigh

As the video ends,

Boyz in the Hood,

The closeness is intimate

Though not yet understood

She on the left

He on the right

A wall invisibly thin

May crumble this night

With one simple gesture

Risking rejection once more

Nervously, quietly, subtly, shyly,

Her hand he holds

Making the first move

The second time around

Flashback – six months prior

Spidey card between pages

Announcing beyond friendly affection

Ends in heartbreak later

“I think of you as a brother.”

“You don’t have a brother.”

“If you ever change your mind, you’ll have to make the first move, because I’m not going to put myself out there again.”

The friendship endured even

While he was away

And independence then grew

But spending each day

Around and beside her

In “Legal and Law”

Those feelings again resurfaced

In old Norris Hall

With anticipation and dread

He offered a plea:

“Lord, if it’s not your will for us to be together then please take these feelings away. I can’t go on just being a friend and wanting more.”

Charlie Brown scene with

Backs to the grass

After afternoon bike riding

A promising exchange passed:

“Anyone I marry would have to call me Matthew, not Matt.”

“I don’t know if I could ever call you Matthew.”

A clue – a hope

An answer to prayer

Emboldened her best friend

To try something later

Return now to when

All is made known

As she encircles his

Fingers with her own

In silence they sit

Who knows how long

The barrier now broken

As hearts become one

Awkward first kiss quickly

Improves as long pent

Up desires are finally

Allowed freely to vent

One month from engagement

And wed that November

Friends still a couple

Twenty years later remember.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BEAUTIFUL!!!

Our first picture together as a couple two days later.

The original "first move".  I stapled this inside her Geo report and set it up in advance that she would call me to tell me her grade, so I could get a response.  It wasn't the one I was hoping for, but it all worked out in the end, Praise God!

Yesterday.  Same shirt for her, but I couldn't find mine.  This was the best picture of the ones my son took, but it's still a bit blurry.  The up side is that it helps hide the wrinkles!

Two years ago we had A Day To Remember, but this time we have something to celebrate.  Thanks for letting me share!

Since I listen to so much AT40 broadcasts, if I had to do a Long Distance Dedication I'd want to do the following songs:

"Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis (19??)
(Our Wedding Dance Song)

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love
With you

Shall I stay would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love
With you

Like a river flows surely to the
Sea darling so it goes some things
Are meant to be

Take my hand take my whole life
Too for I can't help falling in
Love with you

Like a river flows surely to the
Sea darling so it goes some things
Are meant to be

Take my hand take my whole life
Too for I can't help falling in
Love with you

For I can't help falling in love
With you

"Thank You For Being A Friend" by Andrew Gold (1977-78)
(My Favorite Pop Song of All Time)

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
your heart is true you're a pal and a confidant

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
You would see, the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say,
Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend

If it's a car you lack
I'd surely buy you a cadillac
Whatever you need, anytime of the day or night

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of gray
Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear
I will stand real close and say,
Thank you for being a friend

(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)

Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Let me tell you bout a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend

And when we die and float away
Into the night, the Milky Way
You'll hear me call, as we ascend
I'll see you there, then once again
Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
Whoa, tell you about a friend
(Thank you right now, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna tell you right now, and tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you, thank you, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend

"These Are Days" by 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
(Came out right before our wedding)
These are the days.

These are days you'll remember.
Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this.
And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky.
It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you.

These are days you'll remember.
When May is rushing over you with desire to be part of the miracles you see in
every hour.
You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky.
It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you.

These are days.

These are the days you might fill with laughter until you break.
These days you might feel a shaft of light make its way across your face.
And when you do you'll know how it was meant to be.
See the signs and know their meaning.
It's true, you'll know how it was meant to be.
Hear the signs and know they're speaking to you, to you.

"123" by Craig Smart (2011)
(Something I just heard a few weeks ago, but think it's perfect)

your beautiful, more beautiful than the first day we met,
it's magical and I love you more each day with every breath,
when I look at you I can see forever in your eyes,

when I fell for you,
you caught me like I was a falling star,
you know it's true,
I wanna be with you no matter where you are,
I already knew that we were always meant to be

ooooooohhhhhhh

loving you, it's just like the air that I breathe,
it comes to me so naturally,
it's easier than 1 2 3

you're incredible,
you're a super woman in so many ways,
you're powerful,
you're a vision of what perfect is to me,
and you do it all with a smile upon your face,
yeahhh

and I promise you I will never ever make you cry,
to tell the truth,
I'll never ever speak one lie,
I'll love you until the end of time,
yeahhh

loving you, it's just like the air that I breathe,
it comes to me so naturally, (so naturally)
it's easier than 1 2 3,

loving you, it's just like a sweet melody,
it comes to me so naturally,
it's easier than 1 2 3

loving you is so easy,
it comes naturally to me,
I don't even have to try,
it flows effortlessly,
I knew that when I saw you,
that we were meant to be baby
you're everything to me

loving you, it's just like a sweet melody,
it comes to me so naturally,
it' s easier than 1 2 3

loving you, it's just like the air that I breathe,
it comes to me so naturally,
it's easier than 1 2 3

loving you, is just like a sweet melody (like the air that I breathe),
it comes to me so naturally,
it's easier than 1 2 3

it's so easy to love you