'this one's for you, wherever you are....'

barry manilow is so 70s, it's not even funny....but what can i say? he DID 'write the songs that make the whole world sing....'

but this isn't really about barry manilow. it's really about someone else. someone much less public and well-known. someone much more connected, somehow, to my heart. he's the one who will hold my hand, even when we're old...especially when we're old....who will smile at me from across the table....who will hold me when i'm scared and laugh at me when i've done something rather fabulous and/or stupid. and on our wedding day, there will be tears in his eyes as he watches me walk down the aisle toward him. and when we look to buy our first house, he'll be the one most committed to finding some place with a huge kitchen so that i can whip up concoctions to my heart's content. and when i'm in labor with each of our children, he will encourage me and cheer me on and tell me i'm the best he's ever known. and he'll find ways to show me that he loves me, all the while knowing that to say it is still important. and our kids will have his eyes....or his hands....or his ears....or all of the above. and it'll be his voice that bellows down the stairs to me when he can't find his other black sock, or his favorite tie, or any of a number of items i've 'hidden' while organizing his half of the room. and it'll be him that gives me 'that look' when i'm driving him nuts...and whom i'll give my all to be honest and gracious to when he's doing the same to me:). and when things are good or bad or when it's a tuesday or a wednesday or any day of the week, he'll pray for me and remind me of what i already know but had forgotten for a moment. and his face will be the last one i see before i go to sleep at night....

so, if any of you see this man, please encourage him to not delay....remind him, perhaps, that while i wait, i'm listening to 70s music....that should be enough to help him to get a move on;)