This past weekend, we celebrated one of the most important moments of my life;  The birth of my Son, Jonathan.  As many of you know, his life has been medically complicated and when he was born there was a big concern that he’d not be with us long.  Therefore, when I sit back and realize that we just celebrated his 9th birthday the emotions are overwhelming.  Happy Birthday Jonathan!  Daddy loves you!

As always, Shannon had the whole party thing under control and other than a small issue getting the cake everything went very well.  He had a great time at his party, and went to bed with a smile on his face… What a beautiful sight.

Now, on to the quotes.  Funny enough, I still love doing these for her.  I’m going to come close to catching up this time…

12/01 – “Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.”  – Vincent Van Gogh

12/02 – “Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one’s own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.”  – Ayn Rand

12/03 – “Human Love… It is that extra creation that stands hurt and baffled at the place of death. Being human, wanting children and sunlight and breath to go on, forever.”  – Christopher Leach

12/04 – “Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible — it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.”  – Barbara De Angelis

12/05 – “Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.”  – Kahlil Gibran

12/08 – “LOVE: He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”  – Albert Einstein

12/09 – “Love’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.”  – Barbara De Angelis

12/10 – “Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”  – Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

12/11 – “The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.”  – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

12/12 – “… See there’s this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger, and your whispers softly echo. It’s the place where a part of you will forever be a part of me.”  – Gretchen Kemp

Well, ok… I’m behind on postings again.  Between the Holidays, and things finally getting busy at Diamond once again I’m tighter on time than I’d like to be.  Either way, I have a couple of things I want to note before I post the list of quotes…

First off, Shannon finished her Teaching II class with a score of 290/300!  Yay!  I’m just so proud of her!  Congrats Love!

I also wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who came to help us set up the Christmas lights and decorations at the house this year (you know who you are!).  As many of you know, we do pretty significant decorating for the Christmas Season, and we never could have pulled it off this year if it wasn’t for the help of some wonderful friends.  Thank you all!

Ok, and now to the quotes…  Since I’m a little behind, I’m going to post a few extras this time to catch up.  As always, my loving Wife is entrenched in my thoughts and therefore the dedications continue.  Enjoy!

11/10 – “This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love;  the more they give, the more they possess.”  – Rainer Maria Rilke

11/11 – “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”  – David Viscott

11/12 – “I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun-warmed, flower-bordered path.”  – Andre Gide

11/13 – “Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”  – Christopher Marlowe

11/14 – “Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.”  – Robert Sexton

11/17 – “Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire…”  – A. C. Swinburne

11/18 – Crazy, Hectic Day… Phil Forgot.

11/19 – (Makeup for the 18th) – “Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.”  – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

11/19 – “Love is not blind – It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.”  – Will Moss

11/20 – “You’ll discover that real love is millions of miles past falling in love with anyone or anything. When you make that one effort to feel compassion instead of blame or self-blame, the heart opens again and continues opening.”  – Sara Paddison

11/21 – “And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don’t let logic interfere, believe your heart instead.”  – Philip Robison

11/24 – “Love is as much of an object as an obsession, everybody wants it, everybody seeks it, but few ever achieve it, those who do will cherish it, be lost in it, and among all, never… never forget it.”  – Curtis Judalet

11/25 – “As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change. . . I will always keep falling in love with you.”  – Karen Clodfelder

11/26 – “If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm, and You are the music.”  – P!nk

11/27 – Thanksgiving Day (She was with me, so texting seemed pointless… lol)

11/28 – “We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.”  – Brian Andres