Two Turtle Doves

In our first year of marriage,

my true love gave to me...

Two turtle doves...

And a heart 

to hang on the Christmas tree!

{can be sung to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas}

{go on, try it!}

Ok. He didn't really give the ornament to me.
I bought it for our very first tree!

{I don't think he's ever purchased a Christmas tree ornament}

But it's OUR ornament.

It's hung on each of our 29 Christmas trees.

When the kids were little we had to hang it on the tree together.

And kiss.

{There were always lots of giggles}

These days I pretty much decorate the tree and hang ornaments by myself.

Which is ok. I've adjusted.

There's nothing on this year's tree from years past...

Except our two turtle doves.

And they carry with them years of giggles, tangled strands of lights, too-tall-trees, Disney ornaments, mugs of hot chocolate, sounds of Amy Grant's Christmas album and crackling fires.

They carry to the top of our tree

all the wonder-filled memories we hold in our hearts.

Linking up today with

Little Things Thursdays

and

Mama Kat