Today is my wife’s birthday.
She and I have known each other for a long time, and for a long time I have been trying to put my feelings for her into words. Over the years I have written well-intended words to her (some better than others), but most of them really didn’t convey my true feelings; they failed to speak me about her.

Recently I found some words that someone else wrote decades ago. They were written in reference to someone other than my wife, but they struck me as better words to speak me about her than words I had ever put together. So I figured, why not use their wonderful words; they have been around a long time, they are well known, they sound good, and best of all they really do speak me about her.

You Are My Sunshine
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
when skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.


You Are My Sunshine ® 1940 and 1977 by Peer International Corporation
Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell