03/29/2025
March 29, 2025 - Happy Anniversary my beautiful Bride Nancy Wallen Dill
I don’t know how much energy I may have left to write more blogs, but I have to write this if I write nothing else. It’s not really a blog, it’s a love letter.
Many of you know Nancy, and some of you know her better than others. And some of you friends know her better than even her family, which is a shame.
Well tomorrow , the 30th of March, our anniversary date, I want to tell you about the Nancy I know.
First of all I love her more than life...second of all she loves me more than I deserve. She gives all to me. When we were younger, our love was shared in such joy and lightheartedness, life was fun, but today as God has decreed, that same love is shared in much sacrifice and pain. Her devotion to me is unmatched.
At times, and they are much more prevalent today than just a year ago, she prays for me as I fight to just get one little bite of food down so I don’t starve, when in front of me is a delicious meal that I would otherwise love, but now do to cancer, it taste like it was pulled out of a three day old garbage can.
She sings gospel songs to me while I shiver in pain that only a cancer patient can understand. She prays with me, she cries with me, and through it all she encourages me in this terrible fight. Giving me hope when I can’t see it. Showing me a love that comes directly from our Lord. Her love for me grows stronger even while I have wasted away into a man I don’t even recognize. She gives everything and takes nothing because I have nothing to give her but my love.
I don’t know the Nancy that you know, but this is the Nancy I know. Today I can’t get out and select her a beautiful anniversary card. I can’t take her out for a nice dinner and give her a lovely gift. No, I can’t do any of that for her, but she will be right here cleaning up after me, praying for me, giving me hope.
I wish you knew this wonderful, loving woman for who she really is. But unfortunately even her own family and many friends don’t know her. Because if you really knew her like I do, you would have a whole new love for her.
Sometimes when family members use little words, and I have heard them used, to hurt and to demean her even among strangers it makes my blood boil. I don’t care what your reasons are, you cannot justify before a loving God the words you used.
God please forgive me, for my words, but those of you that do this, those of you that say those small hurtful words.....when everyone else has abandoned you, she would be right there sitting beside your bed when you are bleeding and sick to the point of death, weeping and praying and singing over your worthless carcass, while all others would be in the next room drinking a cup of coffee and debating how long you have left. And you know what, in my humble opinion, none of you would make a substantial pimple on her butt. No names are mentioned here, so if the truth fits then wear it.
Okay Daring, I’m through venting about others. I want to tell you that I love you with ever fiber of my being. But my words mean nothing, I just hope in our time together, that rather than words, my actions speak my heart. My lifelong protection of you, my watch care over you, my loving arms around and my tearful words of love, my always being there for you, my putting you above anyone else on this earth. But after saying all that, what I have done for you is but a shadow of the love you have shown me.
So Happy Anniversary my bride, your everything to me. May Gods face shine on you with such intensity that all the remembrance of pain and heartache be driven from you to be remembered no more.
As far as all of you who are reading this please understand....you can tell someone how much you love them all day long, but it means nothing apart from how you defend, you take care of, and you show the utmost respect for the one you speak those words too. Love is not words, it’s not flowers or cards, it’s the action behind those things.
Our precious savior Jesus loved us, and how did He show it? He died a horrible death for us that we could have life, and said.....”Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”. (John 15:13) KJV.
That’s my Bride, she would die for me, as I would for her. And for all those who would turn those little words into poison darts, she would die for you also because she loves you. Be ashamed!
Love you my Darling forever
Your humble and thankful husband
David
