HAPPY BIRTHDAY A LITTLE EARLY TO MY BEST FRIEND

MY HUSBAND, MY CONFIDANT, MY COMRADE, MY EVERYTHING!

Everyone wish Nathan Prewitt Happy Birthday On October 4!

Webster's Dictionary defines friendship as one who is attached to another by affection and esteem; an intimate associate, a supporter....

Others have said:

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same --- Elbert Hubbard

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies --- Aristotle

But, oh! The blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearless on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person-- having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keeping what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. ---- Dinah Craik

There has been alot of discussion of late about friendship.... I have found myself at times in my life wrestling with this issue and what exactly constitutes friendship. I found out what true friendship is a little over twenty years ago... when I married my best friend. I can say that this was the second time I was lucky enough to experience true, deep and abiding friendship... the only other time in my life was with my grandmother, Nannie. Nathan knows me; the true me the me; the me that no one else sees.... fat cells, anger, jealousy all the warts and scars... and like my Nannie he loves me in spite of myself. I know I do things that drive him up and over the walls but he still gives to me love, understanding, patience, and two very strong arms to hang on to. When he found me I was adrift on the ocean of life... just another piece of damaged cargo floating along... I had been hurt, betrayed, and belittled by people who were supposed to have loved me. I felt so lost and alone. Then there appeared this kind, loving, gentle, man; who saw past all the damage, all the baggage, and decided I was worthy of his love. I hadn't had someone to love me for "me" since my Nannie died. And I was amazed and thankful that love and friendship had found their way back into my life. I appreciate, no actually I cherish, every second of our lives together. Oh and yes we have had our stormy seas but in twenty years storms come and if we are lucky they draw us closer as they move through our lives... but a couple of years ago I almost lost this best of all friends in my life.... and I swore that I'd never come that close again. As he lay in the hospital room; I was scared to death. I hadn't felt that alone since; another hospital room; another lifetime ago. What if?????? The question was then and is still today; heart rinding and agonizing... What if???? I haven't been much of a friend sometimes to Nathan but I hope he understands that alot of it stems from the "what if's" of life. I sit and think if I lost him I would lose more than my husband, more than the father of my children, more than my lover.... I would lose my best friend; the guardian of my heart, the protector of my soul.... I would lose my life, my all. I can not even bring myself to contemplate the possibility of a life without my best friend by my side. Life is not life without you, Nathan! I remember when Nathan did his Dissertation he wrote that he felt lucky to be married to his best friend..... WOW, what a compliment; the highest honor of my life .... I hope he still feels the same way today as he did back then.... Twenty years wow... but they are not near enough time to share with you... I look forward to a lifetime of loving you my darling, my best friend! May your birthday and your life always be filled with LOVE and HAPPINESS!

My Best Friend My Tim McGraw

I never had no one

I could count on

I’ve been let down so many times

I was tired of hurtin’

So tired of searchin’’til you walked into my life

It was a feelin’I’d never known

And for the first time

I didn’t feel alone

You’re more than a lover

There could never be another

To make me feel the way you do

Oh we just get closerI fall in love all over

Everytime I look at you

I don’t know where I’d be

Without you here with me

Life with you makes perfect sense

You’re my best friend

You’re my best friend, oh yeah

You stand by me

And you believe in me

Like nobody ever has

When my world goes crazy

You’re right there to save me

You make me see how much I have

And I still tremble

When we touch

And oh the look in your eyes

When we make love

You’re more than a lover

There could never be another

To make me feel the way you do

Oh we just get closer

I fall in love all over

Everytime I look at you

And I don’t know where I’d be

Without you here with me

Life with you makes perfect sense

You’re my best friend

You’re my best friend

You’re more than a lover

There could never be another

To make me feel the way you do

Oh we just get closerI fall in love all over

Everytime I look at you

And I don’t know where I’d be

Without you here with me

Life with you makes perfect sense

You’re my best friend

You’re my best friend (my best friend)

You’re my best friend (my best friend)

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you!

Winnie The Pooh