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I am grateful for understanding 

when it comes to my friends and family

Any love I’ve ever felt deeply

will always be a part of me.

May we be blessed to understand 

Love is a continuous journey…

but with love…

on every road we take

Along the way we get to enjoy 

all the detours that we make.

“I noticed you two are always holding hands everywhere you go?

Why is that? ”Their granddaughter asked.  “I’d really like to know.”

Grandma and Grandma smiled…Grandpa was the first to say,

“The reason we hold hands…goes back to that very first day. 

when I told your Grandma I loved her,

I was afraid of what she might do…

But when she looked at me, she smiled and said

“You know…I love you too.”

“Hold my hand is all I could think to say..

because I knew if she wasn’t holding my hand

I could have easily floated away.”

“But you’ve been married for 40 years!” Their granddaughter said.

“I guess I don’t understand…why after all these years

are you two still holding hands?”

Together they looked at their granddaughter

and as the wrinkles on his face turned red…

Grandpa looked into Grandma’s eyes and smiled…

“Same reason.” was all he said.

We have spent a lifetime developing an understanding of our heartstrings…

discovering our happiness, our love, and our enjoyment…in all the little things.

Things like popcorn at the movies, falling leaves, kind words, 

banana pudding, chocolate ice cream, the singing of the birds.

Puppies…singing in the shower, counting all the stars,

holding hands, family dinners, eating peanut butter from a jar.

Flying kites, reading a good book, doing something totally unplanned

Climbing a mountain, eating s’mores, 

walking near the ocean with our bare feet in the sand.

Butterflies, ladybugs, rainbows, the shape of clouds up in the sky

Hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day…chasing fireflies.

Cookies warm out of the oven…the smile of a bride as she walks down the aisle 

Children, grandchildren, root beer floats…a hug, a kiss…a smile.

Since we continue to discover new little things with every dawn

It makes sense that our list of little things…goes on and on and on.

And to this list today…with a happy heart…this joyous news we bring…

born yesterday (November 15th) into our family…our newest little thing.

Her name is yet to be determined but I’m happy to report 

baby girl, proud Mom and Dad are doing great.

She is 18.8 inches tall…and I’ll have to leave you guessing

because one never asks a lady…even a little lady… 

to tell us of her weight….

And as new great-grandparents…also just born yesterday

when it comes to Deborah and me…

we are over the moon with excitement…as happy as can be!

Speaking for the other great-grandparents, grandparents, parents

aunts and uncles who were also born yesterday….

we are all so happy little one…you decided to come our way.

One look at your face, baby girl, tells us you were worth the wait…

and reminds us when two people fall in love…

the kind of magic and the beauty 

true love can create.

I am grateful to have lived the kind of life 

in a love that has paid dividends….

To have grown old with the woman I love

sharing memories of a lifetime 

on adventures with my family and friends

May we all be blessed to one day…

share this point of view

one that those of us who understand love…

have long ago discovered to be true

True love, is not constrained 

by the arbitrary restrictions some of us create….

it can begin at any age…

and once it begins

It has no expiration date.

From the moment their life together  originated

the recipe for their love was never complicated.

Through all their years together…

whatever they underwent…

the recipe they followed

had one main ingredient.

Whenever she felt she was falling…

those times she was too sad to laugh or sing…

he would put her on his shoulders

and share with her…his wings.

And he would whisper to her gently…

“We’ll get through this…I know we can.”

and she was happy not knowing where her wings ended

and…where his began

And whenever he felt he was falling…

when he thought he could no longer swim..

she would put him on her shoulders

and share her wings with him.

And she would whisper to him gently…

“We’ll get through this…I know we can.”

and he was happy now knowing where his wings ended

and…where hers began.

This one ingredient made the life they created…

peaceful, safe, enjoyable…and fun…

It’s amazing how we find our favorite recipes in life

are often the least complicated… 

the simplest ones.

Today’s blessing is from an old Ojibwa prayer…

that can be prayed to any God

as it relates to all our human sisters and brothers:

Teach us love, compassion and honor

that we may heal the Earth

and help each other.

I wish when it comes to love…each person would concern themself

less with who people love each other… and more on the love itself.

Everyone falls in love the same way…

and this new sensation they are feeling

can be a little frightening while at the same time

joyous and appealing.

The more time they spend together

they find how effortlessly their love expands….

and as they become more comfortable with one another

the more then understand….

where once they only had love for themselves

(something all of us are meant to do!)

since they found each other…they now have love enough for two.

Soon the principles of math and physics they learned in school

unravel and become undone

when they realize two hearts joined together

can somehow add up to one.

How sometime in the midst of a conversation

the two of them find a way

to finish each others sentence…

knowing exactly what the other is about to say.

How, when they’re holding hands

fingers clasped, palms together…skin to skin

it’s hard to know where one hand ends…and the other hand begins.

And they find no matter how many years may pass

mo matter how many songs of theirs have been sung….

their hearts…strengthened by each other’s love

keep them…forever young.

And I like to think…what a wonderful world this would be

If of every one of us…this could be said….

that we are able to look past the people falling in love

and rejoice in the love we see instead.