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You ladies may want your husband to read this. It comes from the heart of a manly man. Should they decide to call me a “sissy boy,” tell them the man they are talking about once was happy to offer to knock their teeth out for such a thing as that! Today I only feel sorry for their lack of understanding of what it takes to be a real and committed man of God.

But here is my story. I admit to being a romantic man. Perhaps I am one of the last of a dying breed. satan wants generations today to grow up not believing in true Love and Romance. Just look at the movies and songs he uses to dissuade them about ever finding true love. “Old” movies which depict faithful love and romance are looked upon today as “corny” and not about reality. Today, people so easily buy into satan’s lie; rather than seeking God’s help in finding and sharing a lifetime reality of true love and romance with their mate.

I have always looked at true love as a very special gift from God. Sharing it with one of the opposite sex makes life exciting, new, and a beautiful adventure every single new day! Being as how it is “special” and a gift from God Himself, we never should take it for granted. Neither should we allow it to become a stale or a dull routine part of our life.

With great appreciation we should explore its many wonders everyday. Every new day, I tried to find ways of letting Dodie know how loved and appreciated she and her love were to my life. She did the same for me. This is why the words of my love poems, seem to flow from my heart to pen, then on to the pages of paper.

Revelation: It took a long time for me to find someone as special and loving as my Dodie. For decades, I said a lot of I Can’t and I won’t, but never “I do,” until I was sixty three years old. In my youth satan supplied me with a lot of physically beautiful women, who seemed to find me attractive. It became so easy to fool around with what the world calls sexy, desirable women. I did more than my share of that! But always it left me feeling empty inside.

Having no commitment of love on either part, I felt used, alone, and unfulfilled in my life. Many were the times in those lonely years, when I would cry out to God in pain. Asking if I ever would find someone to love, like my dream woman (Dodie). How I wanted to sincerely and faithfully love and be loved, the way God intended for love to be shared between a man and woman. All the while never realizing the sinful lifestyle I had adopted was making me unworthy for God to allow someone like Dodie to come into my life.

Sadly it took me a long, long time to finally figure that out. One day, I chose to repent, and once more get my life right with God; seeking to being led by His Holy Spirit in traveling on only the narrow path toward eternity. At that point God said: “HOY VE! Have I got a WOMAN for you!”

He then brought into my life all of the wonder of love I had been seeking to find for decades. Her name was Dolores, but we knew her as Dodie. God (True to His Word), did exceedingly and abundantly far more than I had ever hoped or dreamed of finding, bringing into my life a beautiful little 5’ 3” bundle of female love!

Now every night and each new day, I thank Him for each precious moment of life and love I was given to share with my Dodie. Truly she was the Love of my life!