A Love Meant to Be

A Love Meant to Be

Forty years has past since that day they said I do
Years of joy and laughter and a crazy fight or two
Who would have thought at a skating rink in 1961
That a love of a lifetime had suddenly begun

They met when he was 19 and ready to face the world
She was just 16, not  quite a woman, but not a little  girl
They knew they were meant to be almost from the start
Because a love like theirs only comes from the heart

Through all the years and all the tears
Their love has been the key
Through the good and the bad, the happy and sad
Their love is easy to see
Through the sorrow and pain, the sleet and the rain
Their love is meant to be

The hard times came and sometimes didn't seem to leave
The world could be cruel and they were still naïve
They had their love and they leaned on each other
And soon they were to be a father and a mother

Their little family grew and so did their love
It was like something they'd never dreamed of
Their children grew up safe and secure
Knowing that their parents love would endure

Through all the years and all the tears
Their love has been the key
Through the good and the bad, the happy and sad
Their love is easy to see
Through the sorrow and pain, the sleet and the rain
Their love is meant to be

Now oh so many years have gone past
And they have proven their love will last
Nothing on this earth will keep them apart
There is no power that can stop the love in their heart

They said the words for worse or for better
They've shown that they belong together
Forty years is such a long time
But for them the time has just flown by

Through all the years and all the tears
Their love has been the key
Through the good and the bad, the happy and sad
Their love is easy to see
Through the sorrow and pain, the sleet and the rain
Their love is meant to be

Sandra Showalter
January 7, 2003