Today this lovely young lady turns 33 years old! Can you believe it?
For my birthday this year, we got some quality time at a
retreat center with good friends from the States… (It was an awesome,
mini-vacation.)
For her birthday, Christa gets…Xining (sigh). We have
friends here, too; don’t get me wrong. It’s just hard to compete with
one’s own home culture, family, friends, etc.
I have a few ideas (tricks) still up my sleeve though…
But in the meantime, for my lovely wife on her birthday, I give a haiku (syllable-count, 5/7/5) or a few:
The flutter started
in the moment I saw you
from across the room* * *
Seems too wonderful
how we, like an old couple
sit with hands entwined* * *
On your day of birth
the twine clasping my ankle
tightened so sweetly* * *
My wife the realist
conjures a smile from my lips
while creasing her brow* * *
Hard to imagine
my world could even exist
without you in it* * *
In the space between
where words fail to express life
love blooms, un-described.
Happy Birthday, Christa! You are my delight–every day (and year) with you is a beautiful adventure…
Love always,
Todd
p.s. feel free to leave b-day wishes in the comments, folks. We LOVE getting comments. Aye, we do.
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