Today is my sweet Tim's birthday.. I am blessed to be here to spend it with him...that is the Relay for Life motto I think.. Celebrating More Birthdays ....as we survive...
.. . I found a birthday card with a picture that said so much about who we are ...Tim and I.. many of you know him as the quiet tall guy in the background.. always ready to catch what falls over or off.. but this photo on the front of this card.. you know the saying "a photo is worth a thousand words.".
On the front of the card is a photo of two children ...about 9 years old.. a boy and girl.. the boy holding on to the hand of the girl and dragging and pulling her behind him as he jumps in and out of waves rolling up to the beach that they are walking on..she has on a straw hat and is laughing looking at the camera .. and you know she is thinking.. "Oh my gosh.. he never stops!" ... but she keeps holding on to his hand as he drags her in and out of the water as it rolls up to the beach.. He is totally engaged in the fun of it and is pretty sure that she is getting soaked... but he knows that she won't let go.. of his hand.. ever..and he will hold on.. to catch the things that fall over or fall off..
She knows that if he weren't pulling her through the water along the edge of the beach, he would be trying to teach her to body surf on a lime green raft or yelling in her ear "this is the best present you have ever given me" as they are dragged across the desert in a hot air balloon or lifted up and set down wearing waders that went up to her neck ..in a straw hat .. in a river in Montana to fly fish with him...
....always holding her hand..never letting go.. and she holds on..thinking "Oh my gosh..he never stops" laughing ... he doesn't have to look back.. he knows she will hold on and they will celebrate more birthdays....he got it..the card and what it meant.. my sweet Tim always ready to catch what falls over or off.. he got it..
No comments:
Post a Comment