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jayfromcleveland -- a christian homeschool dad from cleveland, ohio


cleveland, ohio is a place that looks the same in black and white and color photographs; it is a city of sharp contrasts and shades of grey; a single city that was once two, forevermore divided along east and west; where the Sun doesnt shine at all for half the year, and yet is one of the sunniest places in the USA for the other half; the birthplace of Superman and home to many an average joe; a place of tremendous creativity... home of many artists, musicans, actors and inventors -- and an otherwise hard-knuckle, provincial midwestern city; a place where people are friendly, helpful and generous... just don't get on their bad side; a place of hope and despair, where the light of Jesus shines in many an otherwise dark heart....




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Our 19th Anniversary


Today is our 19th anniversary!  Wow, you mean 1988 was that long ago already?  Can't deal with how quick time flies.  Check out that pic from our honeymoon.  What a couple of cute kids, huh?  (Nice mullet, dude!)

We're not going anywhere today.  Neither of us bought anything.  That's one thing I love about Deb, she's very practical, not very "girly," and cuts me a break on the "Male Guilt Holidays."  She's a real keeper.

So maybe we'll save our time and money for next year and do something worthwhile.  Here's what I wrote for last year's anniversary called I LOVE MY WIFE!  It's even truer today than it was then. 

In honor of 19 years of wedded bliss to my wife Debbie, here are the lyrics to Tom Jones' 1970 super-smash hit, She's a Lady.  Truly friends, this is great love song because it's presumably what the singer is saying about his wife to other guys!  But even thought it's pop music, the "lady" in this song has many of the virtues of a Proverbs 31 woman, "whose price is far above rubies."

Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind I like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.

She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.

Well she's never in the way
Always something nice to say, what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.

She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.

Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her
Help me build a mountain from a little ball of clay. Hey, hey, hey.

Well she knows what I'm about,
She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy,
Well she knows me through and through,
She knows just what to do, and how to please me.

She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady and the lady is mine.



» End = Our 19th Anniversary




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Posted at 2:40 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2007 by JenIG
Congrats! and what a lovely tribute to your bride. Are you guys still thinking about coming down for the party? you ought! The Dixons are coming and they live in Indiana -- and they're bringing seven kids. if they can do it, you can do it!