A little over 5 years ago, Vesta and I stood on a hillside and we dreamed. My father had just passed away and Mom needed help on the homefront. We rolled up our sleeves, prayed and with the help of our family, we dug in. We had part of the hill leveled and had our home pulled onto the property. My brother hand dug over 100 ft. ditch to allow for water and sewer to be hooked up. Vesta and I underpinned our mobile home and Steve rebuilt our porch. Since then, our son built a roof for the porch. With a wheelbarrow and our bare hands we seeded the hillside side to side and top to bottom with grass seed and hay. We are now laying a cobble stone sidewalk one mold at a time. No one ever knows what all it takes to carve out a homestead out of nothing until they have done it. I can say that Vesta has had my back and stood side by side with me the entire journey. The grass is watered with our sweat, hers and mine mixed as one. God has blessed this land and a little over a year ago, when Mama passed, my brothers made sure it was ours. We are settling into the last half of our lives and enjoying the grandbabies. We dont have much but Vesta and I have worked hard for what we have, and we have plenty. God has put his hand upon this land and upon our family and we are branded and we are His. I am writing this to let my Wife know how very much I appreciate her and love her. Is it our anniversary...no. Is it her birthday...no. I dont need a special holiday to tell her how much my world revolves around her. She makes every day I am with her a special day. My glass is raised to you my darling. Now lets sit back with a baby on each of our lap and enjoy the ride into the sunset. Today, Tomorrow, Forever. I love you my love.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 20:09:29 +0000
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