Lily

In nineteen-ninety under Monterrey skies

A missionary saw the future in your eyes

At Instituto del Rey, teaching your Pre-K class

I knew right then that I had found my other half

I asked you out, but you kept saying no

Two months of chasing, I wouldn't let you go

You finally smiled and let me take your hand

The very start of everything that God had planned

Lily, you're the love of my life, the desire of my heart

Selfless and godly right from the start

Jeremiah twenty-nine eleven is true

He knew the plans He had when He gave me you

I love you to the moon and back, come whatever may

My little girl, day by day, to old and gray

November at Hotel Ancira, I asked you for your life

By May of ninety-two, you were my beautiful wife

At Union Church, two languages became one song

With Victor translating as we went along

Through twelve long years of waiting in the quiet and the pain

Your patient dedication was a shelter in the rain

We prayed for a miracle, leaning on His grace

Until we saw the answer in our twin boys' face

Lily, you're the love of my life, the desire of my heart

Selfless and godly right from the start

Jeremiah twenty-nine eleven is true

He knew the plans He had when He gave me you

I love you to the moon and back, come whatever may

My little girl, day by day, to old and gray

Two thousand four, Heaven blessed our empty hands

Now one explores the science, one travels Eastern lands

Thirty-four years of a marriage built on prayer

With your sweet mother loving me when my own couldn't be there

She took me in her arms, a comfort from above

Just another reflection of your faithful, tender love

Oh Lily, you're the love of my life, the desire of my heart

Patient and loving right from the start

Jeremiah twenty-nine eleven is true

He gave me a future and a hope with you

I love you to the moon and back, I'll say it every day

My little girl, day by day, to old and gray

Yes, my little girl, day by day, to old and gray