I remember that beach, the waves rolling in, Had a ring in my hand and my heart racing. Dropped down on one knee underneath that blue sky, You covered your smile, had that look in your eyes. White dress in the ocean breeze, roses in the sand, I was nervous as hell when I reached for your hand. I asked you one question, you gave me my life, That girl on the beach became Emma, my wife. We wrote our love right there next to the sea, Two names in the sand and a 2026 underneath. The tide could wash the letters away from that shore, But what we started that day is staying forevermore. Emma, you’re the reason this house feels like home, The one I wanna wake up beside when we’re old. From a ring by the water to the keys in our hands, We’ve been building forever from the dreams that we planned. And now there’s a little girl changing my world, Before I’ve even held her, she’s already Daddy’s girl. I thought loving you was as deep as love could ever be, Then you gave me a daughter… And made a whole new man of me. Then came that day with our family around, Presents on the grass, everybody gathered ‘round. Held up that shirt and I couldn’t hide my smile, “PROUD NEW DAD — IT’S A GIRL,” Man, I stared at it awhile. I looked over at you and suddenly I could see, The woman that I married becoming Mommy. A little piece of you, a little piece of me, A brand-new life joining our family. I’ll teach her how to stand when this world gets tough, Show her she deserves nothing less than real love. And when she asks me someday what love’s supposed to be, I’ll point across the room at you and say, “Baby girl, that’s what it means.” Emma, you’re the reason this house feels like home, The one I wanna wake up beside when we’re old. From a ring by the water to the keys in our hands, We’ve been building forever from the dreams that we planned. And now there’s a little girl changing my world, Before I’ve even held her, she’s already Daddy’s girl. I thought loving you was as deep as love could ever be, Then you gave me a daughter… And made a whole new man of me. I see those pictures and I don’t just see days, I see my whole damn life falling into place. A ring on your finger, then one on mine, A set of house keys and a future inside. One day our little girl will look through these too, See her daddy on one knee asking Mommy, “I choose you.” She’ll see the home we made and how our story began, And I hope when she sees me, she sees a good man. Because the greatest titles I’ll ever have in this life Aren’t written on trophies or earned overnight. They’re the two that I’ll carry till my last day on Earth: Emma’s husband… and our little girl’s dad. Emma, you’re still that girl standing there by the sea, Except somehow every year you mean even more to me. And when our daughter’s here and she’s sleeping in my arms, I’ll look over at you and know exactly where we are. We’re inside everything that we once prayed would come true, A home, a little family, and a lifetime with you. I’ve got two girls now that’ll always have my heart, My wife was my forever… Our daughter made forever just the start. From roses in the sand… To rings on our hands… From keys to our first home… To little baby hands I’ll never wanna let go… Emma, you gave me a family. And baby girl, whenever you hear this someday— Daddy loved you before he ever met you. My wife. My daughter. My two forevers.
