A Portrait of Love

© 2007 Carl Thomas and Anna Stroud Gladstone

Two lives together as oneRaised in the promise of God
Then a daughter and a son
To serve, to sing, to love

Thank you for the love that you give
For the love that you gave
For the love that you give
to me

You picked on me till I cried
Then a shoulder I cried on
I was your punchline, now
You're the laughter in my life

Thank you for the man that [woman] I am
for the woman [man that] I am
for the man that [woman] I am
today

You left a rose on the porch
A father's day we won't forget
The pain has slowly run its course
While I learn to walk and stand again

Throw a little party with you
throw a party with you
throw a party with you

Now we'll take a turn to share
your love for us with the world
we go out from your care
missionaries of...this love!

Save a little part of the world
save a part of the world
save a part of the world
with you

Two share a love untold
Realized amid many
Many companions all posed
in a portrait of love

Paint a little portrait of love
paint a portrait of love
paint a portrait of love
with you

For all our friends and family