LIFE…

I woke up next to my wife this morning. Slowly, eyes widening I was able to gaze at that beautiful woman beside me. A quite echo of the Classic Country song “Good Morning Beautiful…” drifted through my mind. How could I be so blessed? Why am I the lucky guy?

Selfishly I wake her up. I get a silent grin which tells me she doesn’t mind. Placing my hand on her belly I feel our Baby Girl kick flooding my heart with a host of different emotions. In the solitude of my own mind I whisper a prayer of thankfulness to our God.

This was my Morning after spending time away from my wife.  Though 3 days doesn’t seem like a long time, it felt like an eternity to me.

I am privileged to be Married to my best friend. Privileged to be able to have those conversations  (both serious and not so) on a daily basis. Privileged to have loved and not lost. Privileged to share my life with someone so precious. And yet, live ignorant of these privileges more often than not.

What are the words to that song…?

“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone…”

Though it is more along the lines of a Green tune, there is a funny little truth there as well.

“Absence makes the Heart grow fonder…”

I don’t know who said this, but they were trying to convince themselves that the absence was worth it. I would definitely pick Amber over Absence.