so when i think of my life, i cant help but have a picture like this in my head.

i’ll be in my early 40′s, practicing medicine, treating patients, teaching the crazy kids who will be tomorrow’s doctors and all the while enjoying a very lucious head of hair.

i’ll be living life in love with you in a house that was built in the 30′s. we’ll have hardwood floors. our pets will run around—all the while slipping and sliding as they play. in the corner is a fireplace that we’ve spent so many nights in front of because it makes us feel so safe and warm.

our babies will play out in the backyard and ride their bikes down the block—but only as far as they’re insight.

we made such beautiful babies together. they’re you and i and they embody everything that we felt that night that we first fell in love.

we’ll have a great basement.

even before we have one piece of furniture, we’ll turn it into a wine cellar and all the while keep our promise to open a vintage bottle at least once a week because life is too short not to share a beautiful bottle with each other. this will continue even when we’re old and grey. we’ll sneak off to toast to each other while our great-grand children are opening their presents on christmas eve.

down the hall we’ll have an office that we share. i’ll crowd your space with my guitars and one too many computers. you’ll have an antique victorian desk against the window because you love how the sun feels on your face in the morning. you and you’re papa found it at the rundown local antique shoppe and he helped make it everything that you wanted. you’ll spend hours there making sure that we were putting away enough money for our babies’ college fund.

as we sit, i’ll play silly songs and ask you what you think. you’ll always say the sweetest things and make me feel like the sexiest musician of all time.

the bookcase against the wall is filled with the books we’ve read and discussed over coffee. our plans to change the world will manifest themselves in our love for our brothers and sisters. we’ll donate to the bama works foundation and volunteer at the rundown clinic on union avenue. the world will be a better place because we found each other.

this is a good, good love.

the rest of my life is just as clear as the office down the hall…second door on the right…i can see everything perfectly in my head.

now all i need is you.