1B Y J O H N M O R R I S

For Judy, Barney Tupper, Weinter, Weinter Pfeiffer, Dooney and Judith

2Its January, 2015 and with 55 plus years of marriage on the time line past, the shadows on

our lives together grow long;

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5With some reflective cognitive skills still remaining, I drift back on this beautiful lady with

whom I have taken the journey of life;

6Her days are filled with the mundane, though not to her, of those chores of house

maintenance that she does with joy

and fulfillment;

Daily sabbaticals from house duties find her with multiple study guides and a variety of Bible

translations soaking up Gods Word and having

speaks with Him;

7When I gaze upon her there is an aura about her that others may not see, but it is there so

clear to me, no doubt of divine origin;

8... her angelic voice

reaches and touches

my inner being

9Those things about her that are every day occurrences are no longer just accepted, but I

embrace them and they are dearer than

ever before;

Moments driving in one of our vehicles with a CD of hymns and she begins to sing softly

knowing the verses of so many of those glorious

old hymns and her angelic voice reaches and

touches my inner being;

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Shes at her pinnacle in the kitchen stirring up ingredients to make a new batch of Pumpkin

bread for distributing to her widow flock;

She ministers to the widows of former rural pastors who have worked the vineyards of

mankind with little thought for worldly return;

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I look at her with

wonderment and

with an intensity...

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I no longer just gaze at her, I look at her with wonderment and with an intensity, knowing that

such earthly looks have a short shelf life at

this point;

She sustains a love for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren using the

high tech communication tools and techniques

that only the young understand;

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I listen to her laugh, her infectious laugh and wallow in the joy of her sharing humor and

exchanges with family and friends;

One of my favorite pastimes is to watch her walk down the driveway to the car when I have

gone to warm it up. If there were ever prettier

moments, they escape me. She is poetry

in motion;

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She is poetry in motion

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I have seen on others the ravages of time on the physical being and the mirror speaks to me

of that, but somehow, God has graced her with

a continuing physical beauty;

As evening approaches each day, I anticipate and look forward to nestling under the covers

knowing that she will wrap herself about me

she is the consummate cuddle bug;

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I know that I

will have drawn

from each moment

all that I could

from loving her

and being in her

presence.

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When that moment one of us is called to our eternal home, I know that I will have drawn from

each moment all that I could from loving her and

being in her presence. There will be no regrets,

and we will see one another later, perhaps not

as husband and wife, but in the presence of our

God and Creator. Thank you my heavenly God

and Father for allowing me this lifetime with

such a wonderful soulmate!

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