Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary

Happy 35th anniversary to Pam.  The Love of my life.  I love you with all my heart, and every fiber of my being.  I can not imagine loving you more.

How is it possible to continue being deeper in love with someone every year?  All we hear is how someone fell out of love, how someone found someone else much younger, how someone is no longer compatible, how they gotta go find themselves, etc.  That's all ca ca.  That's all from the devil spewing his venom over our society.  I'm telling you right now that if you are truly in love with someone, you're never going to fall out of love with them.  It's impossible.  You think Jesus can stop loving me?  No, no matter what I do.  And His love is eons of infinity deeper than what we humans are able to handle.

I absolutely adore our daughters.  They are two of the finest mothers and wives that I've known, and God blessed me to be their Dad.  I'm just now reaching an age where I am able to enjoy them as adults, not just my children.  You think it is possible for me to one day stop loving them?  Never.  And their children ~ good golly miss molly ~ I melt into their eyes when I am around them.  I turn into a gelatinous tub of pliable goo willing to do almost anything in the world that they ask for (I draw the line though at going to the Zoo, or getting a dog).  What other reason is there for me to allow them to do (or have) things that neither of their parents would have ever been allowed to do or have?  It's another kind of love.  Not a deeper love, but a different love, and a love that I could never abandon.  I'd rather be dead.

For our mates, there is no such thing as fully compatible.  We're all imperfect; we just have to adapt to various levels of each others incompatibility.  It's about learning to balance the things you dislike with things you like, and that turns into love.  Deep, abiding, committed, fully functional love.  Simpatico.  The pinnacle of perfection.  Pam dislikes more things about me than I can probably count on both hands and feet.  But, it works; incredibly well.  Gods love bonds us together. 

How do I grow deeper in love with this woman every year?  I have no idea; I just know that I do.  Today is our 35th wedding anniversary.  She is more beautiful to me now that when I first lusted after her when she was 16 and in her blue polyester pants.  This woman puts the jones in my bones.  When she gets all spruced up, geez, to this day, it's all I can do to not foam at the mouth like a rapid dog.  And usually I do . . .

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Now, about these guns.  As you may or may not know; I started carrying a Ruger 9mm last fall, and after the initial license training class, I have since taken a defensive technique class, and have added a Beretta 9mm Nano to my collection.  I rotate carrying either, as one is more easily concealed than the other.  I am looking forward to Nov. 1st though, as I'll most likely always open-carry every where I go.  And, I do have my eye on a nice little .380 made by Smith & Wesson.  The ultimate in concealment.  (Note to those with large generous giving hearts; my birthday is Oct. 19th) :-).

Last Sunday, we went shooting with my brother in law and son in law.  These men are master marksman (they have accuracy skills I can only dream about), and the combined ownership gun total of their Dads would probably be enough for them to hold their own gun show at Expo Square if they wanted to.

Pam did not want to go shooting at the range, though Angela did, and dude, is she ever a dead-eye natural.  She was making head shots from 17 yards out like she's gone through 10,000 boxes of practice cartridges!

We get back to the house, and Pam finally relented to the peer pressure of shooting a gun, and she ended up loving the various ones so much that she decided to take this assault rifle home with her ~ and dared anyone to come and take it away from her!

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Ah, my wife, finally a gunner.

Yep, she's got a great personality.

Yep, she's got a great sense of humor.

Yep, she's got a over-flowing gift of mercy.

And yep, she looks great in those jeans!

I love you Pamela Jean.  I love my life with you, and I am thankful for our 35 years together. 

I know I will love you even more after 36, but I do not know how.  - Mike