Sue,
I love you. It comes very simply and it is easy to roll off the tongue. But I mean it from the very depth of my heart. Sue, I love you.
When we first got married we had a symbol up front that our family put together during the wedding. It was a large vase and every member went up to the vase and poured sand into the vase. This was representative of our new blended family. Each member poured in a different color.
Sue started, and poured in white sand. Then Andrew followed with blue, Alexis pink, Justin purple, Nick was not at the wedding, he was unable to leave from Virginia, so I poured in green for him and followed with black for me, the Groom.
Later on we finished with wax and it is quite a significant piece in my home. After the wedding many people have shared with me that it was a very touching and moving moment. Here is the piece of art.
Well, a lot of this was Sue's idea. I love and appreciate her for those planning qualities that she has.
One of the things that people do not know, is that Sue is very gifted and creative. I saw her working on a piece of paper. She was drawing out some images that made no sense to me.
Well, I haven't written about it extensively but we had Nick home last week. When he is home there is always a monkey wrench thrown into the equation. For some reason, and it escapes why and what it was about, but Sue and I had a great disagreement. It was bad...at least from my end. We were getting ready to take Nick back to Virginia and Sue just laid on the couch as we said our good byes. I was in the dog house....wooof wooof.
Well, it bothered me for a long time. I hate not being able to communicate with Sue and it took a day or so for her t lighten up to at least converse on the cell phone. Wed. found us returning back to the Jersey. When I got home, I climed inot bed with Sue...and she askem me tah she had been scratched by one of her dogs and she wanted me to take a look at the scratch.
Well, I lifted up the shirt...and here is what I saw.
I was really caught off guard. On the top of her back was this beautiful tattoo. The two fish are black and white. They represent Sue and myself. The four paw prints are the children and each paw print is the color of the sand art that they each poured. DOG....means Depends of God. One of Sue's beloved sayings. The thorns of course are representative of Christ.
This is the most beautiful tattoo I have ever seen. It is on her back below the nape of her neck. It is quite symbolic and Sue took a lot of time to design this piece of art.
I am so truly blessed and my prayer is that today I can take care of my wife the same way she has taken care of me. Her devotion to Christ flies out of this tattoo. Sue, is her own character and she shows her reverence and devotion much differently than anyone I know.
I feel short changed., I wanted a tattoo, but anything I do from here on will be nothing like Sue's. Hehe I have a friend that said he was going to get a tattoo. But...there are observers and dreamers of doing what Sue did. She did it and expressed herself beautifully. Bless You Sue....
And to My Wife....Happy Valentines Day...you mean the world to me.
