Happy 57th Birthday to the other half of this sparrow duo – my sweet, hardworking, loving guy, John.

When I awoke this morning I thought of John right away and the song “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane” by Tanya Tucker popped in my head. It had me reminiscing back to the day John stole the keys to my heart, as a line in the song says. I was only 15 1/2. And yes, we had a head “full of dreams and faith that could move anything” and we still do. Cue the music!

Often in our almost 38-years together we have thought of ourselves as the two sparrows in this song – especially through the rough times – but somehow when things seemed against us, we knew we would make it. Perhaps maybe not at the beginning, but our faith has definitely grown stronger over the years. I guess you could say we’ve adopted this as “our song.” And yes, we’ve slow danced to this song in the kitchen many a times and I hope many more times.

I could see in my mind as I lay in bed this morning that adorable nineteen year old face with the piercing blue eyes, and longish hair curled over his blue jacket, which he loved to refer as his “cop jacket.” Oh how he made my heart go pitter-patter, pitter-patter, when I saw him walking the halls when I was a sophomore and he was a senior.

My heart still goes pitter-patter for him, but in a different way – an evolving, beautiful way for a man I deeply love, admire, and find such comfort in his loving arms.

I truly couldn’t ask for a better partner and just wish I could have him physically sit inside my heart so he could feel the love I have for him that is just too hard to put into words.

But I guess he will just have to believe me when I say he is my soulmate and I love him so very much. I kind of think he will.  

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