Happy Anniversary: Baby Doll …
We were hitched on March 7, 1992, but I am telling you about it today because we have a date! That turns into 15 years of marital bliss. It hardly seems like it has been that long. In those years I have dragged her from Florida to Alabama to New Orleans to Mississippi to Milwaukee and to the desert.
Pamella is God’s gift to me. She keeps me on track. She encourages me. She is the fantastic mother of my two daughters. She is smart, athletic, sensitive and creative. She has a mysteriousness about her that causes me to scratch my head in wonder.
I have learned over the years that my wife, Pamella, is a complex creature. Just when I think I have her figured out I learn that I really have nothing at all figured out. That is disheartening actually because I am quite a simple creature.
Though always inadequate, our theme song has always been Pretty Woman as sung by Van Halen (yes we knew that Roy Orbison sang it first):
Pretty woman, walking down the street,
pretty woman, the kind I’d like to meet,
Pretty woman, I dont believe you it must be true,
No one could look as good as you
Mercy!
Pretty woman won’t you pardon me,
pretty woman I couldn’t help but see,
Pretty woman, oh you look lovely as you could be,
Are you lonely just like me
Adrrrrr…
Pretty woman stop a while,
pretty woman talk a while,
Pretty woman give your smile to me
Pretty woman yeah yeah yeah,
pretty woman look my way,
Pretty woman say you’ll stay with me,
Cause I need you, need you tonight
Uh!
Pretty woman dont walk on by,
pretty woman dont make me cry,
Pretty woman dont walk away, yeah,
ok If thats the way it must be,
ok I guess ill go home,
its late, maybe tomorrow night…
But wait.. what do I see..
Shes walking back to me
Wow! Wow!
Pretty woman.
Happy Anniversary Pamella. May we have sixty more. I love you and I am proud to have you as my life companion.
Shalom,
Bobby Valentine
March 9th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
The Van Halen version of Pretty Women is a suitable choice for Pamella, but of course I’m prejudiced, I like Van Halen’s much better. Have a great weekend!!
March 9th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
““There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.”
(Prov 30:18-19 NIV)
The writer obviously had guys like you and me in mind, guys that marry out of their league. 😉
Congrats!
Grace and peace,
Tim
March 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Happy Anniversary, you two!
March 9th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Enjoy the celebration!
March 9th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Ahhh… I know exactly how it feels to marry way over me head too!
Happy Anniversary. The wife & I celebrate ours the 20th!
March 10th, 2007 at 1:30 am
A cool anniversary. A pretty lady and Van Halen. That makes the “perfect” blog post.
March 10th, 2007 at 2:43 am
Hope this anniversary is the first of many, many more. Have a wonderful day and celebrate your life together.
Peace
Neva
March 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Happy Annivesary! May God continue to bless your relationship for decades to come.
Ben
March 10th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Congratulations, friend! God bless your family!
March 10th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Mr. Valentine,
Pardon this comment (feel free to delete it) but I’ve been trying to get hold of you in the GraceCentered forum (I sent you a PM).
If you have a second can you please email me?
thecarrolls ‘obligatory at sign’ jiminger.com
I’ve been trying to get a copy of a paper that you posted to that forum which no longer appears to be available – (that is, if you’re the correct person).
Thanks
Jim
March 10th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
A good woman is hard to find! Hang on to her brother!
CONGRATS!
DU
March 10th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Very Sweet!
March 10th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Suh-weet! I’m so encouraged that your song is by Van Halen, lol, b/c ours is too 😀 Ours is “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” I only wish I hadn’t gotten all fuddy-duddy at the wedding and not played it (I was afraid of what our old people would think about it).
Happy Anniversary.
March 12th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Bobby – Thank you for sharing awonderfullove story. You and I have one thing in common — except I favor the Orbison version — that is my favorite song to direct at my “pretty woman” -my wife of 40 plus years.
May your marriage continue to be as blessed as mine.
God Bless
Charlie