Everyday Love: The Plan

About 2 weeks after my marriage to Jill, I left her the first of what I now call, "everyday love notes". It read simply, "Sleep on my queen and when you dream, dream me to be your king." 19 and half years, and several hundred notes later, I still find a new reason everyday to fall in love with her and I am still searching for the right words to express it.

So for the next year I am writing an "everyday love note" everyday. Honest expression of a man's love for his wife and how daily that love looks, lives and lasts.

All of these I will post here , and all of these I will write and leave for Jill.

Year in Review

I have learned a lot over the past year while trying to write each of these poems on a daily basis. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be but neither is love. There are good poems, great poems and poems that still need work...just like boening in love, there are good days, great days and days that I could have put some more work into. And even though every line is true...just like true love, sometimes it is stretch or hope that gets you there.

I hope there has been something the eveyone can relate to and draw from...I don't think my experience is too far removed when you really think about why you love the one you do. Thanks for reading and loving. Most of all, thanks to Jill, for being the women who inspired this project and daily gives me reasons to love her. I love you.

Dan

Saturday, April 9, 2011

The right thing to say

When I see our children shine
I know their more yours than mine
When I see our daily blessing increase
I know it is your share of the piece

When I am given favor in God's eyes
I know it is due to your prayerful cries
When I am given the gift of his grace
I know it is because we share this space

When I hear angles singing close to me
I know they are echoes of thee
When I hear the praise of the man
I know it because you said I can

When I pray and thank God for you
I know our love is true
When I pray to stay another day
I know it's right thing to say
Posted by dan knudson at 11:17 PM

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