5 years ago..... June 8, 2002

Love is a feeling, Marriage is a contract, and a Relationship is work. -Lori Gordon

Any fool can have a trophy wife. It takes a real man to have a trophy marriage. -Diane Sollee

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make, not just on your wedding day, but over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife. - Barbara De Anglis

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

I have found the one, whom my soul loves. Song of Solomon 3:4

The lyrics to two of my favorite songs........

I Will Be Here
(Steven Curtis Chapman)

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I will be here
If in the dark, we lose sight of love
Hold my hand, and have no fear
'Cause I will be here
I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to cryin'
Through the winning, losing and trying
We'll be together
I will be here
Tomorrow morning, if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I will be here
Just as sure as seasons were made for change
Our lifetimes were made for these years
So I will be here
I will be here
And you can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we're older
I will hold you
And I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I will be here
I will be true to the promise I have made
To you and to the One who gave you to me
Tomorrow morning, if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I will be here
Oh, I will be here.



'Til the End of Time
Words and music by Steve Green

The day we've waited fora time when dreams stand still.
We make a solemn vow,I hear you say you will.
You'll leave all others for the one you choose to take,
as you unveil your heart,the promise that I make.

I will have you and I will hold you until the end of time.
And through the changes, life rearranges I will have you
and I will hold you until the end of time.

And as the day unfolds into a memory,
I'll cherish you alone, your love has captured me.
The one who joined our hearts will hold us through theyears,

and in our darkest night, His promise calms our fears.

I will have you and I will hold you until the end of tiem.
And through the changes, life rearranges I will have you

and I will hold you until the end of time.