Eksteenlife

 

If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't have Lee to talk to, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, without Lee, what good would I be?

And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without Lee to share it with I would be no good to anybody.

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't have Lee, I would be of no value whatsoever.

Lee suffers long and is kind;

Lee does not envy;

Lee does not parade herself, is not puffed up;

Lee does not behave rudely, she does not seek her own, is not provoked,

Lee thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Lee never gives up,

Lee never loses faith,

Lee is always hopeful, and

Lee endures through every circumstance.

The love Lee expresses will last forever, but inspired speech, speaking in unknown languages and understanding will reach its limit. Now I know only a little, and even speak partially, but in the end when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man… I married Lee.

To me, there are three things that will last --friendships, happy memories, and love--and the best of these are with Lee.

-by her husband on occassion of celebrating her 35th birthday, March 1, 2006.

Los Angeles