Our Big Fish Tale

Sorry this is a few days late.  My new hope is a blog update at least every other week, but for obvious reasons this one got delayed by my doctor (yes, I blame her not me).

Thank you so much for taking me to Big Fish the other day.  I enjoyed it so much.  The story is my favorite story ever and one that always makes me think of our family and my incredible love for you.  So with Big Fish on my mind I thought today's blog would tell you my Big Fish story.

The part of the movie I find most fascinating is how he is remembered.  How he managed to have his story(s) live on long after him and in a reverent way. I also really like how without any fan fare he had a life rich of providing for his family.  More than anything I like the part about how in love he and his wife stayed for many years.

I am not sure how I will be remembered.  My life has not been all that fascinating. I don't have a ton of legendary stories to tell.  I've done a good job of providing for my family, but there have certainly been struggles.  So in the Edward Bloom fashion, my Big Fish story isn't really comparable.

However, I beat Mr. Bloom hands down in the "love my wife" area.  The story he tells about getting a clue each month and then finding the love of his life is interesting and romantic, but it isn't as good as ours.  Loving my wife is what I do best.  It is my passion in life.  It is the one thing I feel like I always do well.  If I leave a legend it will be this.  "He loved his wife.  Never in doubt.  She meant everything to him".

No one who tells my story will start with anything that doesn't involve you.  No one will looks back on my life will be able to find a moment where my life wasn't about you.  My life winds up being a love story.  A really romantic, truly amazing love story.

They will tell stories of the good times we had.  The fun and laughs.  The thousands of stories about funny things that happened while we were together.  The crazy antics of time spent together.  How two people spent their lives as best friends - inseparable.  Almost unable to enjoy them selves without the other present.

They will tell stories of two people who treated each other so well.  How we always made time for each other.  How we took care of each other.  How important we were to each other.  How the two of us spent a lifetime making certain that the other was always happy and loved.

They will tell stories of how we held hands forever.  How we created magic hugs that seemed to cure bad moods, sad moments, angry fights, sickness, worry, stress....you name it.  How we somehow managed to put the strength of two people into one whenever we needed that kind of strength.

They will tell stories of how we built a family.  No just any family, but a real family.  One that stuck together.  One that - even when things seemed their worst - always came back together.  One that had so many good times together and so few bad times.  A family so close nothing could break it down.

My Big Fish story won't be mine.  It will be ours.  It will be a love story of epic stature.  It will make people cry, it will make them laugh, it will warm their hearts and make them feel safe.  It will give them hope. It will be magical.  Worthy of its own musical.  It will be a tale of two young people who came together at the right time and lived a life in love.  Who lived a life completely focused on each other.  Who had more than just a marriage, more that just a relationship, were more than just parents or just a couple.  It will be a tale of two people who enjoyed each other so much they became one together.  Best friends who happened to be more in love than any two people have ever been.

It will be a tale that everyone will want to hear.  A tale that we have lived every day for the past quarter of century.  One that makes everyone smile.

You're the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.