Because You Loved Me

June 14, 1975

Our Wedding Day

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful, baby

You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through
Through it all

(CHORUS)
 
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me, ooh, baby

VERSE 2:
 
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love, I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you

REPEAT CHORUS
 
VERSE 3:
 
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love, I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you

REPEAT CHORUS
 
You were always there for me,
The tender wind that carried me
The light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
 
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me.
     
                              Lyrics by:  Diane Warren

Mother's Day 2008
Our Last Mother's Day Together

We both changed a lot over the years together, some changes for the better and some for the worse, but one thing remained constant.....our love and commitment for and to each other and our Lord.  I am forever a better person because I knew Terry's love and devotion.  I'd like to think the same was true for him, that I made him a better person as well.  He often told me I helped him become the man he knew God wanted him to be.  If I did, it's only because his love rescued me in so many more ways than perhaps even he ever knew.

Today would have been our 35th anniversary.  I will love and miss him every day for the remainder of my life.  I so anxiously await the day when I see him again in heaven.  First, I want to see my Jesus; then, I want to see my Terry!  What joy awaits me....an eternity with both my Savior and those who loved me so dearly here!  It's true what that old song says, "I've got more to go to heaven for than I had yesterday"!!!!

I love you my precious Terry.  I have for so long I can no longer remember what it was like not to love you and I will continue to do so for all eternity.

"And said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother

and be united to his wife,

 and the two will become one flesh'?

 So they are no longer two, but one.

Therefore what God has joined together,

 let man not separate."

Matthew 19: 5-6  (NIV)