neil made me cry last night

Not is a bitter cruel way -
But the cry that you can't help but make when you see the fresh green shoots start to come out from the black soil in spring...
The feeling that wells up in your chest as you watch the sun rise - or set...
A beautiful piece of artwork - a wonderfully choreographed dance - an exquisite piece of music flawlessly rendered & wrenching all those deep places in your heart you had forgotten existed.
Neil made me cry last night - as i watched our love grow, deepen, change again. He can make me cry with a pause - a certain gentleness that doesn't come very often - a raised eyebrow, a look that lingers...
Love can be so impossible to capture in words - It flits around, alighting for a moment - allowing itself to be perceived when we look for it & sit in the wonder & awe of it's beauty.
It can be so easily neglected & ignored - allowed to survive but not flourish.
Neil made me cry last night - and the tears only watered the scarred roots that have become strong - the sacred bond of a man & wife that God Himself joined together - growing into something beautiful...