When I was 4 years old, my daddy and momma were out driving and looking for a pea patch one early summer day.

Daddy stopped at a house where a man was working in the yard.

Daddy got out and as he was talking to this man, the man bent down and began to draw a map of sorts on the ground.

 

In just a moment, a small boy (Momma said he looked like he was about 6 years old) came running around the corner of the house

- all dressed as a cowboy.

Cowboy hat, jeans, shirt, and toy guns in a holster strapped to his waist.

That little boy jumped up on his daddy's back and hollered

- "Give me a ride, horsey!"

 

My Momma, sitting in the car with me, watched this little boy for a moment.

And then she said

- "That little boy would make a fine husband for my Margaret."

 

15 years later ... Momma was right!

That little boy, Ricky Lee McCoy, made a fine husband for me!!!!!

 

And for the next 35 years, right until he took his last breath

- he was a fine husband to me, and for me.

 

The definition of the word “fine” is different than what the word is usually used for:

Fine: of high quality; excellent; bright and clear; worthy of admiration; of delicate workmanship; pureness. 

 

Oh, Rick – do you know how fine you always were to me?

Do you realize how fine you still are to me?

 

I love you sweetheart.

I will always love you!

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