The Deeper the Love...

Today, I am celebrating 19 years of marriage!  In my family, that is a record.  I am so blessed to have found the man that I literally want to spend the rest of my life with.  The road is not always smooth, and if you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know that what we have is certainly not perfect but at the end of the day I know that we love each other.  Not many people have that.

One of my favorite memories of our wedding is our wedding song.  It was "The Deeper the Love" by Whitesnake.  My dad and step-mom pretty much had a fit at that.  I can remember Collette asking "What are you gonna do, rock and roll to that??"  Which was even funnier than it sounds because SHE was the cool one!  I know a lot of people tend to choose really syrupy ballads for their first dance even if the song means nothing to them.  Frank and I were HUGE Whitesnake fans and so we chose a song by them that actually meant something to us.  It was what was commonly known in the 80's as a "power ballad" and so yes, we rocked that slow dance with some big hair music.  How cool were we?


So to my wonderful husband, here's our song.  It's lyrics are still as meaningful today than they were 19 years ago (maybe even more now).  I love you!

When I look back
On everything I've done
I know you must have cried
A river of tears,
But, you were there
When I was feeling low
To walk me through my darkest fears

So when the sun goes down
An' those nights grow colder,
I will be there
Looking over your shoulder

An' the deeper the love
The stronger the emotion,
An' the stronger the love
The deeper the devotion

There were times
I almost let you go
When I thought I needed to break free,
But you were there
To whisper in my ear
Why don't you share your dreams with me.

So when the sun goes down
An those nights are growing colder
I will be there
Looking over your shoulder.

An' the deeper the love
The stronger the emotion,
An' the stronger the love
The deeper the devotion

I don't mind, what you're doing to me,
I don't mind, 'cause you're all I can see
I don't mind, baby, you mean the world to me

When the sun goes down
An' those nights are growing colder,
I will be there
Looking over your shoulder, baby, baby, baby.

So When the sun goes down
An' those nights are growing colder,
I will be there
Looking over your shoulder.

'Cause the deeper the love
The stronger the emotion,
An' the stronger the love
The deeper the devotion...

I never gonna let you go,
In my heart, I know.
I really love you, I love you.
Oh baby, I really love you...