Crustless Bread

A few years ago my littlest sister married a free-spirited, bright and independent musician. Now he's working his way into Dental school, supporting a daughter and is maybe a little more care-worn than he was in those easy-going days of their courtship. But what I love about my bro-in-law is that he hasn't let all his dreams die as they sometimes do when reality kicks in.

For his birthday this year he recorded one of his songs. My little sister sang back-up.

I wanted to share the song with you. But Blogger wouldn't let me insert a lone .wav file. The only way I could figure out how to add the song to my blog was through a quick time movie file. But imovie wouldn't let me make a movie with just a song and no images so I randomly started adding photos.

After a while I realized I was adding pictures of Spouse. And then I started thinking about Spouse. How he used to have lots of dreams too. Some of them we've made happen (architecture!) (babies!) (me!), but some of them he has silently left behind as reality has kicked in.

We've been married 12 years. I've known him since he was 15. We've been though a lot. Mostly happy times.

As I watched this little movie I made, I noticed that my pictures of him pretty much tell the story of Spouse. He is funny. He works hard. He is a great dad. He is my best friend. He's smart. He draws and thinks and sketches. He prays. He takes us to church every Sunday. He calls me from work. He is happy for me when I get away from the house and kids for a while. He solves problems. He doesn't seem to notice all my faults. Or my wrinkles.

Enjoy the movie and the song. Let's give it up for my bro-in-law and for Spouse! Let's give it up for the men who leave some dreams behind.









What dreams have you or your spouse left behind?