This is a lovely story and poem about a couple who has been married 60 years by William Kevin Stoos. If you a romantic like me, it is a great read.
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Eph 5:25
Years ago, I wrote a column in William Loeb’s Manchester Union Leader. Although I would get some nice reader feedback now and then, I never really knew whether my column made any difference or whether anyone cared. But, as it often happens in life, now and then someone comes along who touches you in a very special way and makes it all worthwhile. John McVitty was a spirit-filled, elderly gentleman who was madly in love with Bessie—his wife of sixty years. He, more than any man I ever met, loved and adored his wife—whom he called affectionately, “Mommy.”
He wrote me one day to say that he was an avid reader and that it took him a year to work up the courage to write and ask me this favor: “Would you…could you,” he wrote, “write a love poem for my dear wife Bessie? I love her so much but I cannot find those words. She is not in the best of health and we are about to celebrate our 60th anniversary this year. Could you find it in your heart to write her a poem for me?” I was so touched by the eloquence of this man that I teared up a little when I read his note.
During the last presidential election, Catholics voted by a margin of 55-45% for the most pro-death President in history. Of course, he started out by covering up the crucifix at Georgetown before delivering a speech, so as not to offend Muslims or Atheists, proceeded to declare that “America is not a Christian nation,”, then bowed before a Saudi king. Therefore, should we be surprised when this secular humanist, pro-abortion President now attacks religious freedom by backing regulations which force Catholic hospitals—against their will and the tenets of their religion—to fund and or even perform abortions or risk sanctions and closure?
Before it is too late and we re-elect the most pro-abortion politician ever to hit Washington, perhaps we should revisit Obama “family values.”
Let’s start with babies. Of course we know that Obama would not want his daughter to be “punished with a baby” [sic] if she became pregnant. But it gets worse. In February of 2004, Michelle Obama authored a fund raising letter soliciting funds for Obama’s senatorial campaign.
