DARREN

Through my brother we met in your senior year,

From the high school prom to a love so sincere.

On August sixteenth, nineteen eighty-seven,

At Middlebrook Baptist, we tasted pure heaven.

I came with three children, aged eight, seven, five,

You took our hands gently and made our home thrive.

Darren, my soulmate, my safe place of rest,

My guardian angel, I'm endlessly blessed.

For forty sweet years, my dream has come true,

Through thick and through thin, I've been anchored by you.

I wouldn't change anything for love nor for money,

I thank God in heaven for giving you to me.

"There are no steps in this house," you would faithfully swear,

"Except for the ones leading up the wooden stair."

You loved them all equal, you treated them fair,

If you didn't have plenty for all three to share,

Then nobody got it, you taught us what's right,

A patient, good father who walked in the light.

Darren, my soulmate, my safe place of rest,

My guardian angel, I'm endlessly blessed.

For forty sweet years, my dream has come true,

Through thick and through thin, I've been anchored by you.

I wouldn't change anything for love nor for money,

I thank God in heaven for giving you to me.

When Rosanna was forty-two, she made a plea,

To take the Bone name and your daughter to be.

Judge Stanley declared she was too old to adopt,

But he granted the name change, and every tear dropped.

She looked at the judge, "Can I call him Daddy now?"

We wept in that courtroom, a holy, sweet vow.

Now every June sixteenth, we celebrate the day,

A Father's Day blessing that won't fade away.

Darren, my soulmate, my safe place of rest,

My guardian angel, I'm endlessly blessed.

You made me the mother and wife I am today,

We're grandparents now, walking God's holy way.

I wouldn't change anything for love nor for money,

I thank God in heaven for giving you to me.