Then I look at you
And the world’s alright with me
Just one look at you
35 years ago we got married.
35 years and a few days, we went over to our Church to meet with our Pastor for pre-marital counseling AND to meet with the church organist to go over the music.
Our Pastor was a no show so our Organist went over the music and then offered us some pre-marital advice for free.
“Be nice to each other,” was all he said.
And never were more true words about being in a marriage ever spoken.
What he didn’t say was how hard that would be somedays.
Watching us from afar through facebook and social media, one may not realize that they are seeing the best of us, the stuff we wants folks to see about us.
But we have bad moments.
We have bad days.
We have bad weeks.
We have … well, you get the picture.
But we are still here.
When I started this essay I went searching for a quote that I wanted to use to illustrate our marriage.
It was a quote from the movie Apocalypse Now where Martin Sheen asks the Navy Chief if he wants to know where they are going and the Chief replies with something like, “One look at you and I know it’s going to be hot …”
My thought was to use that to point out that my wife had fair warning of what she was getting into by marrying me.
I searched, “One look at you” and The Google brought back the song Lovely Day by Bill Withers from back when I was in high school.
I read the lyrics and I said to myself that fits, that works, that is how I feel, in fact, that is how we feel.
We might not make it through the day feeling that way but we start out that way.
And that’s pretty good.
After 35 years, that’s not bad.
And tomorrow?
I can tell you, it is gonna be ….
Love you Leslie!.
Here are the Lyrics (BTW one on the comments on this song posted on You Tube says that “Rumour has it he’s up in heaven still holding that note!”
When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world’s alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it’s gonna be
When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
And when someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
The world’s alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it’s gonna be
A lovely day
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