When She Said Yes – v2

What a change a single word

spoken with a smile

has had on my life

the path of my days

changing a man to a father

a father of three precious girls

each a wondrous, wonderful

a powerful gift of God.

And she herself, my friend,

my confidante, my all

From that day on, we have been

we are joined, affirmed, cared for

through all the days since

all the days we are given to come

not in the wedding service,

not in the ritual, the paperwork;

It began, in the smiling eyes,

the embrace, the kiss

when she said yes;

she changed my life.

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edited August 3, 2014

When She Said Yes – v2

November 9, 2007

When She Said Yes

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/11/when-she-said-yes.html

of November 9, 2004

when Ruth said yes, when I asked

Twice, once after midnight and

the second time at the jewelry counter

at the Claremont, NH Walmart

at 11:45pm.

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