Our first dance

At our wedding, our first dance song was a really special moment. We had a friend teach us a few moves and we practiced a basic waltz with a few twists and twirls to jazz things up. Even now when we go to other weddings, or are at other functions, this dance has become our go-to dance. Each time we do it, Murray asks me if I remember dancing at our wedding. It's one of my favourite memories.

We danced to a song by Tamia and Eric Benet called Spend my life with you. I didn't want something that I had heard anyone else use, and while it apparently is quite popular in the US, none of our friends had heard it before our wedding.

The lyrics go like this:

I never knew such a day could come  
And I never knew such a love could be inside of one 
I never knew what my life was for  
But now that you're here I know for sure
 
I never knew till I looked in your eyes 
I was incomplete till the day you walked into my life 
And I never knew that my heart could feel so precious and pure  
One love so real
 
Can I just see you every morning when I open my eyes?  
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me every night?  
Can we just feel this way together till the end of all time? 
Can I just spend my life with you?
 
Now baby the days and the weeks and the years will roll by  
But nothing will change the love inside of you and I 
And baby I'll never find any words that could explain  
Just how much my heart, my life, my soul you've changed
 
Can you run to these open arms when no one else understands?  
Can we tell God and the whole world, I'm your woman, you're my man? 
Can't you just feel how much I love you with one touch of my hand?  
Can I just spend my life with you?
 
No touch has ever felt so wonderful (You are incredible) 
And a deeper love I've never known (I'll never let you go)
I swear this love is true (Now and forever to you)  
Only for you (To you)
 
Can I just see you every morning when I open my eyes? 
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me every night?  
Can we just feel this way together till the end of all time?  
Can I just spend my life with you?
 
Can you run to these open arms when no one else understands? 
Can we tell God and the whole world, you're my woman And you're my man? 
Can't you just feel how much I love you with one touch of my hand?  
Can I just spend my life with you, can I just spend my life with you?
 
Can I just spend my life with you?  
Can I just see you every morning when I open my eyes?

The words are so beautiful, and mean just as much now as they did the day we married. I feel proud to call myself Murray's wife, and to tell people that he is my husband. 

I guess I'm thinking about all of this because Valentine's Day is upon us again. Yes it's not a real holiday, and it's overly commercialised, but I'm more than happy to take it as another day that I can proudly declare my love for my husband, both to him, and the world at large. After nine years together, it honestly doesn't get much better than this.