Hallmark commercials….
As we sat in the living room, the commercial came on of soldiers surprising their loved ones at the holiday….and myDarlin’ Robert Kenui Pope would slowly turn his head toward me with a twinkle in his eye and a slight smile knowing that the tear drops were about to spill from my eyes and down my face. And as our eyes meet, I tell him, ‘you know I can’t help it.’ ‘I know, that’s why I love you,’ he responded.
And as the soldier in the commercial surprised his family, he was met with cries of excitement and disbelief, and folded his family in his big hug. In airports all over the US, troops are welcomed home with cheer and applause to thank them for their service. And I thank them too as they have given their all for our freedom.
And last year, as we pulled up to Tutu’s place (myDarlin’s Mom), she squealed with delight as they embraced in one of the best hugs I have ever witnessed. And a tear ran down my face as I watched this surreal moment. We made our way to the Kona Hotel for dinner with the family, and I’ll never forget her walking past myDarlin, then turning as she giggled, giving him another big hug. Those moments linger in the air in the very places they happened, and in the pages of my mind’s journal.
Today, I am filled with gratitude as I watch your Hallmark commercial in my mind’s eye; you are met with applause and cheering from our Lord and your Dad. And as they say to you, ‘Well done my good and faithful servant’, tear drops spill from my eyes and over my cheeks. I see you look at me with a twinkle in your eye, and know that you are happy and will be right there cheering me on when my day comes.
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