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Year Number One
Out of all the years I’ve ever know
Of what’s been given me
I couldn’t single out just one
That stood out specially
That is until you count the one
That finished up today
‘Cause the year that just has past us by
Was more than words could say
It was filled with sharing dreams
Some tears, but mostly fun
I’ve got to say that I can’t wait
To see what’s yet to come
And I can’t wait to turn around
Somewhere down the road
And see the years behind us
That we’ve shared each others load
For this passing year I’ll say
It’s been great to be your wife
And it’s true. . .I’ve never really felt
So loved in all my life
Happy First Anniversary
I Love You
Your wife
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Two Years And Counting
On two years ago today
Things were not at all this way
If my recollections right
I smiled two years ago last night
For thoughts were dancing in my head
Of where the path I’d trod had led
To find myself on the eve of dreams
That included lace, bouquets and rings
But the dishes in the sink I see
Brings me back to reality
With the laundry hamper full of clothes
I’ll sort and wash and dry and fold
I’ll bathe the dogs and fix a meal
Shop the grocery aisle to find a deal
Spending all your hard earned cash
I can’t forget to take out the trash
I’ll get the broom and sweep the floor
To turn around and find once more
That it must all be done again
Before the washer sets on spin
Then I’ll stop and take a break
And there decide some things can wait
Long enough to let you know
T’was no greater day than two years ago
I Love You!
May 11, 1998
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David Walker. . .
When asked what kind of man you are, I have to stop and think
It’s hard for me to put in words your many sides and strengths
So when trying to articulate what I know to be true
I can only say for sure, there’s no other man like you
I’ve not known another man who acts so tuff and mean
To only melt like butter at a puppy’s whimpering
I’ve never seen one stand so tall that then could bend so low
To help a broken man in need who has nowhere to go
You’re one of many talents who can do most anything
There’s nothing you won’t tackle. . .that is except to sing
You can fix it, you can drive it, whether water or on land
The only thing you can’t do is write with your left hand
I’ve watched as you have struggled with a wrong that you must right
I’ve watched you bear the burden of what was your private night
I’ve heard your words of wisdom that are far beyond your years
Those that when heeded, have spared your listener tears
I’ve never seen you hesitate to write that check for more
Sowing in a Kingdom that keeps track of its own score
I’ve seen you in a suit and tie, wrap arms of loving care
Around a man from off the street to pray the sinner’s prayer
So if I’m ever asked to tell what I know of you
And I may only be allowed to say one thing, not two
I guess I must admit while closing out year number three
What I love the most in you, is knowing you love me
I Love You
Lona
May 11, 1999
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My Million Dollar Man
When first you came into my life I marveled at your skill
And found myself amazed at how you could wheel and deal
You could sell someone a vacuum that had solid hard wood floors
Should they want to sew a simple seam, you’d step ‘em into more
The magnets worked just like a charm when even in the box
The tee shirts would have made us rich if it’d not been for the cops
We’d buy into those pyramids and thought just any day
Our ship would be coming in and things would go our way
If your credit was the problem they could just give you a call
No one ever mentioned that it was against the law
Computers brought new meaning to the words “a pad and mouse”
Don’t even get me started on that Indiana house
If you can buy it, you can sell it, you can fix them up a loan
As you’re askin’ what long distance might be on their telephone
Today you’ll sell someone a car, tomorrow they’ll be back
To buy what you might offer them, depending on your hat
Then there came the Internet with web page design
But little did we know that we’ve been wealthy all this time
For our home is rich in love and things that can’t be bought
Things that those with all the gold in vain for years have sought
Laughter echoes from our walls, walls that firmly stand
For the past four years and more you’ve been my million-dollar man
I Love You
Lona
May 11, 2000
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You and God
I’ve learned a lot these past five years that I find interesting
As I’ve stopped and looked and listened I have noticed just some things
And decided when I really think about it now and then
That you’re so much like your Maker who has said to be like Him
‘Cause it takes a while for me to figure out the two of you
I never know for certain what the two of you will do
You both will speak in riddles leaving me to try and guess
Just what it is you’re saying as I pray I passed the test
The two of you so often have determined what’s my fate
And upon the two of you I have so often learned to wait
You both can move real slowly while I’m standing eagerly
Waiting for an answer that could change my destiny
In one way or another, you both can make a wave
And in one way or another, the two of you can save
You both have all the answers, you both have seen it all
And the two of you are always there to catch me when I fall
You have always been there for me just like God has been
The two of you for all this time have been a faithful friend
You both make sure that I feel safe with such security
There’s no doubt within my mind the two of you love me
You both have made a difference as you both have touched my life
The two of you together make me proud to be your wife
It’s not just in these qualities or what I see you do
It’s that you’re just like God because of the God in you
Happy 5th Anniversary
May 11, 2001
I Love You
Lona
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In The News. . .
Our soldiers in pursuit of peace have sailed from off our shore
While turmoil in the Middle East could spark a full blown war
The Catholic Church has conjured up a battle of their own
Bill O’Reilly mentioned it while in his no-spin zone
Gary Condit claimed he never knew where Chandra was
Robert Blake claimed to know as much as O.J. does
But what’s not been reported by the Fox babe, Laurie Dhue
Is the world could fall around me just as long as I have you
The morning of September twelfth you still kissed me good-bye
While so many fellow housewives wept and in grief questioned why
Somewhere there’s a woman who may have been a lot like me
Had she not of had a husband who was on flight ninety three
Marianne wakes up everyday to face the world
With a son who will only know the name of Daniel Pearl
Meanwhile in Missouri there’s another cause to smile
As we celebrate another year we’ve walked another mile
And it matters very little that you take my purple mug
‘Cause what I have of value can be summed up in your love
So while I lay awake at night and tally up the score
I find it’s less important that it’s really cause you snore
I’m amazed the word “anthrax” ever rolled from off my tongue
And sorry that England mourns the loss of their Queen Mum
Larry King on CNN explores the facts and truths
While I’m so glad I married you. . . and that’s the latest News
Happy Anniversary
I Love You
May 11, 2002
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Only If I Could
Words have rarely left me, I always could express
The emotion I was feeling at such a time as this
Through my vocabulary I have done a thorough search
Yet find myself still stammering to tell you what you’re worth
I know it’s not been easy to walk this path with me
Since we took a turn or two filled with such uncertainty
But I always knew you’d be there when I couldn’t see the sun
I guess I never really thought my darkest day would come
With no easy way to do it, no desperate moves to make
You somehow walked me through it when I couldn’t find my way
You lessened all the pain you could to make it not so hard
And now I’d love to catch for you the brightest falling star
I’d like to give you everything you ever wished you had
A speed boat or a race car that would run the winning lap
And then I ’d like to take you on a scuba diving trip
At the bottom of the ocean to explore a sunken ship
I’d like for you to feel the breeze and sunlight on your face
While sailing through the air with ease in some forsaken place
I’d like to take you four wheeling on a sandy dune
Or on a silver platter. . . hand to you the moon
I’d love to build a palace that would house your fondest dreams
Then one by one bring them to life like babbling clear streams
But since it isn’t possible to give it all to you
I wondered if it helps to know I love you like I do
And I wouldn’t trade a minute of the years you’ve been with me
My life without you in it would have been such misery
Since Webster's dictionary doesn’t do me any good
Just know this anniversary. . . I’d tell you if I could
I Love You
Happy Anniversary
May 11, 2003
Lona
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Beating The Odds
When you met me I was full of hope
And sure to beat the odds
I dreamed a dream that wouldn’t stop
With purpose and a cause
I waited for tomorrow
Thinking any day I’d see
The reason for the struggle
Then fulfill my destiny
But as the days turn into months
And months turned into years
I wondered if it’s worth the fuss
Or worth the trail of tears
Because there’s really more to life
Than hanging on a star
Answers to the where's and whys
Won’t get me very far
So I guess it’s best to face the facts
And realize what’s true
Is really in my knowing that
I’m always loved by you
I’ve never had to mold my words
Like a sculpture forms his clay
Then to hear that the masses heard
What seemed a rhyme bouquet
I never had to write the song
That made the willow weep
But what’s been chiseled in a stone
Has made me stop and think
‘Cause the talents and the gifts I hold
May never earn applause
But having you has made me know
I’ve really beat the odds
Happy Anniversary #8
I Love You
Lona
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Dear David,
If in my imagination I could go way back in time
I shutter at the thought of what it is that I could find
Had by chance I’d not have met you or I’d not have known your name
If fate had chosen otherwise my life would have been changed
I’d not have heard those country songs about those broken hearts
I may have never really known how dealers buy used cars
I may have never learned how to thread a Juki serger
Oh wait, that’s right, I never did for one reason or another
I may not have had that course in Motor Cycle 101
Or mastered the art of how to put a cycle helmet on
I may have never had a big black dog destroy my yard
To live my life without you would have been so sad and hard
I may have never had someone who’d answer when I’d call
I may have never had a home that had a purple wall
I may have never had a meal from off a four-star menu
I may have never found a place so safe as I’ve found in you
I may have walked into an empty room one snowy day
And seen an empty bed where someone dear to me had laid
I may have been alone but you were there to comfort me
And you were there when morning came and gave me strength to breathe
I would have never seen you walk my daughter down an isle
And never seen how big that baby boy can make you smile
I really don’t believe in fate but I believe God knew
I’d not have been complete had there’d been me without a you
I Love You, Your Wife
May 11, 2005
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My Fairytale
Once upon a time in a place that’s not too far
There lived a girl in sorrow who had wished upon a star
But watched as that star faded into a the darken skies
To magically re-appeared and take her by surprise
No one could have written what’s become my fairytale
Unless they knew the value of a Sonic burger meal
Only to get seated at a first class eatery
And knew the shade of blue that sat across and looked at me
The years has brought some changes and I’ve gone far beyond
My own expectations since our vows and wedding song
I have gotten fearless with some boldness as we go
And you’re the one that’s taught me everything that I know
There was a time I’d wet my pants if someone laughed or mocked
Now if I believe I’m right I’ll sit and argue with a rock
If that don’t get results then every stone that’s in my yard
Will listen as I threaten them to pull my “Walker card”
I’m not scared of my shadow, I’ve watched you and I’ve learned
How to fill a Wal-mart cart and do a store return
Now I can stand on my two feet beside the best of them
But truthfully, because you’re there is only why I can
We’ve walked a million miles since you showed up at my door
With a pair of little boots, the ones that I could not afford
And now we shop together for some little shoes the size
Of a boy who calls you “Papaw” who I swear that has your eyes
We’ve dreamed some dreams together with some others I’ve let go
I never got that booking but a song sung ‘round the globe
We had to bite the bullet when we lost your Sadie Sue
Then Febe came along when Mickey met his Waterloo
We’ve said good-bye together to some family and friends
Then we bonded with the Powers and with this German man
You and Reggie surely must have seen your share of hail
There’s a guy out in our barn so mush that’s where he gets his mail
At the time when I first met you, you consoled me while I cried
To think I’ve been so happy since the day I was your bride
I recall the lyrics of a song that’s proven to be true
That said my life could not have been completed Until You
If someone wrote my fairytale they’d have themselves a task
While celebrating our tenth year I’ve gathered lots of facts
The girl who wished upon that star won’t hesitate to tell ya
That her name is Lona Walker AKA Cinderella
Happy 10th Anniversary
I Love You
Lona
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