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5-17-80 - This is the day we said “I do.”
5-17-08 - This is the day, more than ever, I mean “I do.”

I cannot say that I love you with an eternal love - I have a beginning.
I can say I love you with an everlasting love - I have loved you from the beginning.

I cannot say we have never had conflict or confusion - no two people have more opposite than you and I.  I can say that no two people ever complimented and completed one another more than you and I. 

I cannot say our life is going to be predictable - even at this stage in the game, especially at this stage in the game.  I can say with every pound of uncertainty there will tons of adventure, with every second of confusion there will be hours of unexpected fulfillment coming from people, places and circumstances we never could have expected it from. 

I cannot say we will ever achieve all of our personal dreams and goals.  I can say we will have more things happen than we would have ever dreamed or set as goals - they will just continue to be different and unexpected. 

I cannot say we will ever be rich - at least by Western standards.  I can say our lives have been far richer than nearly anybody I have ever known regardless of their station or influence in life. 

I cannot say we will ever have a calm and highly organized life that will lead to a swing and a front porch - we never have from the first day.  I can say even now and the years to come we will be climbing mountains late into the winter, discovering the curious and unknown, perhaps little known things that make the world go round - and then look at them with awe and wonder and try to bring them back and spread them around.

I cannot say I’ll ever have a best-seller - though I’ve tried three times so far - each time getting a little closer - now up to bat a fourth turn.  I can say if our lives were a novel placed on a shelf by other couples who’s story was told from beginning to end - ours would be a real page turner - more than most if not all!

I cannot say I will ever mature or wise up to the level I long to be and you pray I would be.  I can say I’m still growing and will keep on growing.

There are many things I cannot say for sure, but one thing I know beyond words or anything I will ever be able to say - When I said “I do” to you, it was the best two words I’ve ever said to anyone before or after.  I have and always will, keep on saying . . . . I do.