You showed up quietly, without a grand parade, Just a gentle smile and a promise that you made. Through ordinary moments, through laughter and through tears, You became my safest place through all these precious years. You never asked for perfect, you simply held my hand, Walking every winding road just the way we planned. Through the ups and downs, through every day and night Our home was filled with roses... . . . and Christmas lights. You're the roses on my doorstep, The Christmas lights in snow. You're the steady hand beside me Anywhere we go. When the storms come rolling in, You never walk away. You stand beside me faithfully, Forever, Come what may. You fix the things that can be fixed, And help me bear the rest. I've never doubted for one day That I have truly been blessed. If Heaven wrote a love song, I know what it would say: "I gave you to each other— Now walk together all the way." You've built a thousand little things with patient, careful hands, Whatever thing we needed- no blueprint ever planned. When something falls to pieces, you smile and get to work; I've learned there's almost nothing that your hands can't make or mend. You've carried all my crazy dreams without a single sigh, Conference halls and grandkid camps and every mountain high. You never asked me to be less than who God made me be; Instead you stood beside me and believed in me. Seventeen years have flown like leaves upon the breeze, Yet somehow every morning still feels easy, still feels free. We've weathered storms together that we never thought we'd see, But every storm has drawn your heart even closer to me. The world may never notice all the quiet things you do, The countless little sacrifices only love sees through. But Heaven surely keeps a book, and every page is true; My greatest earthly blessing has always been... YOU! You're the roses on my doorstep, The Christmas lights in snow. The calm within the chaos, The truest friend I know. When life has asked the hardest things, I've never stood alone. You make wherever we may be The sweetest place called home. So here's my heart forever, Simple, grateful, true. If I had one more lifetime, I'd spend every day choosing you. The Forgotten Verse: (Thanks, Suno!) With roses blooming every spring, And Christmas lights each year, I thank my Heavenly Father For bringing my best friend here.
