Weekend open thread: Thank You

 Here is the open thread for September 13th and 14th. You might be wondering why I have posted the open thread a day early and why it encompasses two days and I will get to that after the formalities of the open thread.

  Please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.

  Last week was yet a very slow week by the standards of America’s Watchtower; we only discussed eight topics and three of my posts were Bill Whittle videos.

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  This was a very special week for me personally; on September 9th my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. I met Lauri when I was a young lad of 17 and she was only 14 and we have been together ever since. We knew fairly early on that we were meant for each other and on September 9th of 1989 we married and have never looked back.

  Lauri is my wife, my love, my lover, my soul-mate, and more importantly, my best friend and I cannot imagine my life without her. I would be nothing without her. I love Lauri more than anything else in this world and I thank God for putting the two of us together. Just looking at her smile makes me glow for she is the most beautiful person, both inside and out, that I have ever seen in this world. Together we have raised two of the best boys a parent could hope for and I know in my heart that it is because of her that Andy and Tim have turned into the men they are.

  This weekend Lauri and I will be headed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to celebrate our love for each other. Thank you my dearest friend!

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
together we shall go until we die. My, my, my.
An inspiration is what you are to me, inspiration, look… see.

And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness….I’m glad.
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.