My Rob would be 55 YEARS OLD TODAY - if he were still living.
You can read what I wrote about him last year on his birthday here.
As I pass the day called his birthday for the 3rd time without him,
I am ever more grateful for all of the days I did have with him.
As I said to Rob in the letter I wrote to him for his 40th birthday party:
"And mostly, I have been taught in an ever true way that GOD IS FAITHFUL! We have had to rely on HIM for so many things and HE has NEVER disappointed us!
Just as I couldn't have known 5 years ago what trials we would go through nor could I have imagined what growth we would achieve, as individuals and as a couple. I never imagined how truly "one" two people can be. You see, I truly feel that you are a part of me and I a part of you. When I looked at you sleeping just now (and listened to your snoring), all I could think about is what all I would have missed by not having you in my life (okay, so I wouldn't really miss the snoring all that much). I'm so grateful that God allowed our paths to cross! So you see, Robert Edward Shelton, I would have married you sooner because I cannot imagine a better life than the one I have with you and if I could do it over again, I would marry you 6 months
EARLIER!!!!!!"
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1959 - 6 months old
Kindergarten
High School - Licking Heights High School, Ohio
Bachelor Degree in Speech Communication - UNC-Greensboro
Master of Divinity - Duke University
For his 40th birthday, I threw him a big party -
inviting all of our families and both of the churches he was serving at the time.
He had a great time!
He even wrote me a fancy thank you note!
I so loved my Rob.
I miss him.
We all do.
But I am so happy, grateful, and blessed that,
for a while (3 months shy of 18 years),
I had the privilege of calling him
my husband
and hearing him call me
his wife.
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This is the letter I wrote to my Rob 15 years ago
for his 40th birthday.
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